wow what you did sounds complicated. i use the box method... its simple, and your conformer never moves. first i import a cube so that it will completely cover vicki's body. doesnt matter how big the cube is, because you just mess with the "figure size" setting when you import it until it pops in at the right size (you may have to tweak the offset setting also for imported objects) and completely covers her. (for me the setting is 150% of standard figure size) next i just export vicki's body completely concealed inside the large box, as an obj (export her AND the box). in my modeler i separate her from the box (hide the box for later use) make the clothing to fit her body, then export the clothing inside the box which i unhide. in poser you import it at 150% of figure size, or whatever it was for you originally, and POOF conformer appears exactly on her. this is what you would do if it's a joint centering problem i think, which is what it sounded like.