character animation different styles

Hello,

I have made several simple and small flash games so far but now I want to make a game where people can change the look of their character (clothes, hair etc...). Now I'm curious whats the best and easiest way to do this, making different movieclips with the character animation for every single combination of character clothes and hairstyles seems a bit tedious. I have tried many ways to do this easier but sofar I haven't found a way that works.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!



Thanks in advance!