For this year’s Halloween costume, my daughter, Emily, requested the iconic Madonna jacket from the movie, Desperately Seeking Susan. Recreating this jacket was one the most fun Halloween garments I’ve ever made, and I’m really happy with the way it turned out.
Finding just the right fabrics was tricky, because Emily and I are kind of obsessive about wanting her costumes to look as much like the original as possible. The boucle fabric was a really good color match, and it has a lot of texture to it. To simulate the gold threads in the original jacket, I rubbed some fine gold glitter into the fabric. The collar and cuffs are printed stretch denim and the pyramid is a loopy textured gold fabric. The pyramid and the scroll edging were embroidered by hand — the eye and the scroll lettering are fused appliqué, and the rays around eye are machine stitched. The sequin trim is attached with hot glue. I used an 80s jacket pattern with a shawl collar, and then made the necessary changes to shorten and shape the jacket bottom, as well as shorten and cuff the sleeves.
UPDATE: Photos of Emily in her costume are available in a later post.
Looks great!!! You are the best mom.
It turned out great! Glad I’m not the only one who still makes her adult daughter’s Halloween costumes. My daughter and her friends are dressing as the “Clue” characters this year. I finished her Mrs. White outfit last week.
VERY cool! Your daughter is lucky to have you!
Looks great! Reminds me of the year I made four “Catch Me If You Can” stewardess uniforms for my daughter and her friends when they had a movie-theme band concert. I found just the right powder blue linen at the discount fabric store.
Wow Martha. Great job!
Wow, you did an amazing job!
Emily is so right….you are the best mom!!
wait……the jacket is way cool too!
That is a great jacket! However, I think you have missed the adrenaline rush of making Halloween costumes if you’re not hemming or doing some other finishing during dinner on Halloween night!
Beth F
Very awesome! It turned out lovely.
How amazine – what a talent you are and you have! Love that apron too
Best wishes
Jenny
It’s fantastic! Well done Martha, I know your daughter is going to love wearing that! What a great project! 🙂
Hugs,
Mickie
Wow! What a great job!! It is just perfect and could BE the actual jacket!!! You are so very talented!!!
I just found your blog and have spent a fun couple of hours going through the archives. We love a lot of the same things, not the least of which is sewing Halloween costumes for our grown kids! You’ve already been added to my “check daily” blog list. Bye for now!
WOW, you nailed it on this one. What a lucky girl to have a mom so talented and generous! Hope she has fun and I can’t wait to see the whole outfit.
Wow, you are so talented! The jacket looks great and I love all the details you added to make it perfect!
I am just starting to work on making this jacket for Halloween for my daughter who will just be turning one. Did you free hand the pyramid and scrollwork? I am neither an artist nor a seamstress so this should be fun! I am headed to the fabric store to see what matches I can scare up. Any pointers you can think of?
Hi there. I am going to see Madonna at the end of the month. I want to go as Susan. I have no sewing skills but would love to know how you made the back.
Thank you
CAN you PLEASE make this for me? This is the best quality looking replica i have seen. How much would you charge?
I’m sorry, Deniz, but I do not make custom items for sale.
Omg this is amazing! Do you do custom orders?! I would buy this!
great job can you make me a size large ? how much do you charge ? Please let me know