The Dying and Rising God

"What I have shown you is reality. What you remember, that is the illusion."
- Sephiroth (FF7)


I wanted an arrogant photo.
Because -to me- Sephiroth is invincible.

<sub>He is this radiant character of absolute power that will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He is mischievous, silver-haired, in-control, and as gorgeous as he is dangerous. It is the idea of his invincibility that draws me to him.
Re-making this costume was near-impossible as well. This is the debut of version 2.
When you work with leather, you are NOT allowed to make mistake. Every puncture -every accident- will always be visible in the leather, to remind you of the mistakes you made.
Sephiroth is flawless.
I was determined to make this costume as perfect as I could. My hands bled from needles, I lay awake in my bed trying to figure out how to make a certain piece, ripped clothes apart while making it, threw the jacket across the attic in desperate, helpless rage.

My wonderful Sephiroth-cosplaying friend Sephirayne said the most striking truth: "Sephiroth is more of an on-going project than a finished cosplay."
That's exactly what it is! I will continue working on it until I'm satisfied. Will I ever be? ;]</sub>

I wanted an arrogant photo.
Because -fuck yeah!- I DID this! _{Please say 'wow'?}


The CREDITS
as (me) Sephiroth.
~ photography.
Costume made by me.
© The characters respectively belong to Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII series.


EXTRA CREDITS
_{~Mommy-Silver brought the Skai fake leather [skai] to me, but often I was too afraid to start/continue.
*Sephirayne and ~sam4uk gave me useful tips.
~Medowsweet was my support.
~LordMasamune was/is my ideal - showing me it COULD be done (and *Sephirayne, you too).
Thank you, dears. <3}