/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Well now that I look at all the other soft and beautiful coords in this thread I feel a little weird about asking for help on this bright old thing.

I'm going to be getting this dress as a gift, and the red is screaming 'marching band coord' at me, so that's what I'll aim for - the problem is that the only marching band hats I can find all have black. The print has no black. I was thinking about wearing the black matching print socks over white tights, but I feel like that might be a bad balance. (Would white print socks over black tights be better? I would think so) My other option is to get the hat and try Rit color remover and then re-dye it brown. That doesn't take care of the black brim though, I'd have to very carefully paint it. (I'll probably grab the headband too for a less obvious look.)

Also not sure about the shoes.