Okay regarding the dresses I'm going to copy in here how ladyiolanthe phrased the response she got from bioware asking the question for me (thank you ladyiolanthe) and it should be noted I specifically asked about dresses in the context of the ball because that was what was worrying people after the picture of the dancers at the ball (red uniform person dancing with lady in white wearing a mask). So here's what ladyiolanthe said:
"Also, there will not be dresses available for Inquisitors to wear to the Orlesian ball. They told me that dresses are really hard to decently animate because you have to get the movement of the fabric right as well as that of the model within it. They said also that dresses make it really hard to fight. I kind of went "I get that for adventuring, but for the ball? Ooooh... there might be fighting at the ball, but you can't tell me that. Got it!" And they were noncommittal but if I'm going to speculate, then I think that is in fact what might happen. So... there you go."
This is specific to the ball, I have no idea what mage robes will be like or how this affects NPCs regular attire and since Josie isn't a fighter the second restriction ie that dresses make it really hard to fight doesn't really apply to her.
Awesome pics of the fem qunari presets and watching the demo it looks like there'll be a lot you can do to soften the features, it's going to be a matter of experimenting and patience from what I saw... and practice. Now I really want to play with the CC even more. 