Two threads up from this, is a sticky http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=81058&an=0&page=0#Post81058 Contains a lot of discussion on the subject, probably a good place to start, and I'm pretty sure contains links to relevant articles.
Hi all, I want to introduce you to the project of clothing that you can take advantage of commercial projects! This package contains the files - clo3d and Marvelous designer 5 with ready-made models of pants and a shirt. Also contains a pdf file with information about the models shirt. dxf - files of patterns! GUMROAD
Also, in Oblivion, you could open ANY container. Here it's pretty severely limited to SOME of the containers. Which, to me, was really a disappointment when first playing. Look, an in-tact barrel! Lootz! Then you get very disappointed when you can't open it.
On your container the texture is very blurry. Your size is also 2048x2048 way to big for an asset of that size. You dont have any scratch detail either. Keep working at it you will get there. Look at some pictures of containers to get some real reference