Madonna donned the original jacquard jacket from her big-screen debut Desperately Seeking Susan on the 40th anniversary of the cult classic’s release in theaters while attending a fashion show benefit on Saturday.
The 66-year-old Queen of Pop was reportedly ‘not a fan’ of the 1950s cropped tuxedo jacket by costume designer Santo Loquasto, which caused the mistaken identity that is central to the film’s entire plot.
‘I’m going to exploit your [sense of style] totally because we’re all fascinated by it and you’re comfortable with it,’ Loquasto recalled telling Madonna in a CNN interview last week.
‘I would shake a baggie of jewelry onto her couch in the trailer and say, “I’ll be back in an hour, have a ball.” And she would go at it.’
The back of the archival costume piece is emblazoned with a gold lamé pyramid, the Roman numerals for 1776, and the Latin phrase ‘Novus ordo seclorum’ translating to ‘The new order is dispatched.’
In 2016, the Desperately Seeking Susan jacket was sold for $87,500 through Julien’s Auctions.
Madonna donned the original jacquard jacket from her big-screen debut Desperately Seeking Susan on the 40th anniversary of the cult classic’s release in theaters while attending a fashion show benefit on Saturday
Michigan-born Madge nabbed the titular role of indelible bohemian drifter Susan Thomas over more established stars like Barbra Streisand, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Melanie Griffith.
When the nine-week shoot began in September 1984, the seven-time Grammy winner was still a stylish newcomer with only three modest singles out – Borderline, Holiday, and Lucky Star – but things changed on the New York City set quickly.
Just two months later, Madonna dropped her hit second studio album Like a Virgin, which sold 21M copies and launched her into superstardom, so producers included her song Into the Groove on the movie’s soundtrack.
Desperately Seeking Susan is arguably the Material Girl’s best acting performance as she was essentially playing herself at the time as an enigmatic downtown punk.
Rosanna Arquette earned a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a comedy/musical for her performance as bored New Jersey suburban housewife Roberta Glass.
Susan Seidelman’s $4.5M-budget, critically-acclaimed dramedy earned $27.3M at the global box office and it was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2023.
Desperately Seeking Susan also featured Aidan Quinn, Giancarlo Esposito, Laurie Metcalf, John Turturro, Robert Joy, and Steven Wright.
Madonna celebrated the movie milestone by attending Mother-Daughter-Holy Spirit, a three-part fundraiser for the Trans Justice Funding Project, held at One and One in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
The twice-divorced mother-of-six got to mingle with Julia Fox, whom she cast in 2022 as her old BFF Debi Mazar for her self-directed biopic Who’s That Girl.
The 66-year-old Queen of Pop was reportedly ‘not a fan’ of the 1950s cropped tuxedo jacket by costume designer Santo Loquasto, which caused the mistaken identity that is central to the film’s entire plot
Loquasto recalled telling Madonna in a CNN interview last week: ‘I’m going to exploit your [sense of style] totally because we’re all fascinated by it and you’re comfortable with it…I would shake a baggie of jewelry onto her couch in the trailer and say, “I’ll be back in an hour, have a ball.” And she would go at it’
The back of the archival costume piece is emblazoned with a gold lamé pyramid, the Roman numerals for 1776, and the Latin phrase ‘Novus ordo seclorum’ translating to ‘The new order is dispatched’
In 2016, the Desperately Seeking Susan jacket was sold for $87,500 through Julien’s Auctions
Michigan-born Madge nabbed the titular role of indelible bohemian drifter Susan Thomas over more established stars like Barbra Streisand, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Melanie Griffith
When the nine-week shoot began in September 1984, the seven-time Grammy winner was still a stylish newcomer with only three modest singles out – Borderline, Holiday, and Lucky Star – but things changed on the New York City set quickly
Desperately Seeking Susan is arguably Madonna’s best acting performance as she was essentially playing herself at the time as an enigmatic downtown punk
Rosanna Arquette (L) earned a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a comedy/musical for her performance as bored New Jersey suburban housewife Roberta Glass
Susan Seidelman’s $4.5M-budget, critically-acclaimed dramedy earned $27.3M at the global box office and it was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2023
Madonna also recently reunited with Julia Garner – who’s set to play her in the movie – at her 17th annual post-Oscars bash held at her manager Guy Oseary’s LA home on March 2.
The Raising Malawi co-founder hasn’t given an update on the film, shelved by Universal in 2023, since last July when she revealed she and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson were rewriting the script.
Madonna previously helmed two dismally-reviewed box office bombs – Filth and Wisdom in 2008, and W.E. in 2011.
The longtime AIDS activist will ‘soon’ re-release her sixth studio album Bedtime Stories, which was nominated for best pop album at the Grammys and scored two No. 3 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Secret and Take a Bow back in 1994.
And Madonna isn’t just feeling nostalgic over past glory as she is ‘putting my heart and soul into my new music’ for an upcoming sequel to her 2005 dance album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, with musical director Stuart Price.
The Evita alum – who still averages 38.4M monthly listeners on Spotify – impressively concluded her $225.3M-grossing, 81-date Celebration Tour on May 4.
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