I wouldn't say the "proper" way to to do it is with textures/transparencies... just that's what'll work easiest in this instance... there's always more than one way to skin a cat... The MAT thing... are you using at MAT pose file, or applying the texture yourself? If you're applying it yourself, it may just be that you're applying the wrong map to the wrong part... Vicky's head and body are mapped seperately, if you use the body map on the head, or vice versa, it doesn't look right... if you're using a MAT pose file, are you sure it's for Vicky? MAT Pose is for some other figure that could be the problem...