Any way to disable skirt bones?

Karibou

Let me start by saying I know zero about rigging. I do, however, know that my dForce dress is being unnaturally pulled by the figure it's fit to -- because if I drape it without fitting it, the skirt looks natural.  Unfortunately, the dress's top doesn't do well (at all!) without being fit to the figure. I want the dress to conform through the waist and have NO idea about the figure's pose below it.  Is there an easy way to do this?

Richard Haseltine

Generally if you simulate from the zero pose the actual pose should affect the skirt - is that what you are doing, or are you just simulating as-is? In any event, you should be able to manually zero the skirt bones by selecting them.