I had some corespondents with a couple of the big names in Aiko3's content a few years ago, one of them stated that a full dress (long, sleeved, puffs, frills, lace, etc.) could take 2-4 times as long to create as something simpler and in most cases they took the shorter route to increase product turn out. I can't fault them trying to making a living.

I don't know much about Poser's dynamics, but with dForce most items are conforming, that way you can do a quick drape after posing or use an animation for a more complex drape. You can still use it on a static props as well. dForce also converts each mat zone into a different dynamic zone allowing for lots of control over how different part of the same item drape (or don't drape). With the outfit in the image randym77 referenced I'll be able to drape just the long lace cuffs at the end of the sleeves if I need to.

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