So then I downloaded the Malos Body and put the texture files in a new directory textures\characters\female\malos. Then went through each of the Azure clothing mesh .nif files in nifskope and changed the relevant paths to point to upperbodyfemale.dds in that textures\characters\female\malos directory.
It didn't work. I can clearly see that the clothing is still recalling the Type 3 textures from textures\characters\female. Now I ask, can you advise me how to get it right?