SeeD Ball Squall

My final costume of 2011 was a SeeD uniform. The theme for Anime Vegas' Masquerade Ball was Final Fantasy, and I decided that all my awesome cast members had to learn Waltz for the Moon. Since we obviously needed a Squall to make that performance work and I'm really good at looking grumpy in costume, I took on the role XD. Plus, Squall has been one of my favorite Final Fantasy characters ever since I played FFVIII for the first time. I thought it was cool that I was the exact same age as Squall when the game first came out Stateside. (And now you know how old I really am. Dun dun dun.)

Besides the collar fitting very poorly and throwing off the fit of the entire jacket (which will be fixed before I wear it next), I'm very happy with how this turned out. I did custom machine embroidery for this costume and two other SeeDs in the cast. The gold trim is as accurate as I could make it and MAN was it a pain in the butt! So much handsewing and pinning and hidden stitches.

My friend made a SeeD Ball Rinoa to go with this costume and hopefully we can get pics together soon .