"They really don't make clothing like they used to. Maybe because so much is dForce/dynamic now. It just seems the legacy stuff is a lot more ornate."

Indeed.

It's all in the mesh. Look how elaborate Awful / AerySoul's "Young Soul Vanilla" trousers were made:

Every fold, every detail is actually fully sculpted.

And it shows.

*

And what is true for clothing meshes, is of course also true for figure meshes.

;-)

Anyway, thanks for the tip.

I have to scoot over to DAZ now to see if I can salvage some of the good ol' stuff for my Runtimes.