Also, why white stockings on white skin? Was it because of a personal bias towards white legwear or purposely done to keep the attention on her outfit and hair?

Brilliant effort BTW.

After binge-watching Book 1 and 2 of Avatar: Legend of Korra over the last week I looked at Sunset Shimmer, and immediately thought "Asami with a crazy dye-job". My brain switched back on several seconds later realizing its mistake, but after a few seconds of arguing back and forth it finally decided "Nahhh... the crazy dye job idea iscooler".