Making An Upcycled Gothic Coat : DIY | Madame Absinthe

Watch as Mary and I upcycle existing things we picked up second hand into gorgeous gothic coats! Who's do you like more? Let me know in the comments below!
We wanted to show that being goth does not have to be expensive! If you put in the time you can have your own unique custom pieces on a budget.
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[@craobhchaorainn1912]

What self respecting goth *wouldn't* want a FRANKENSTEIN COAT?!?! They both look so amazing

[@jillsette2947]

You guys rock wow fabulous 🤩

[@jillsette2947]

They're both so gorgeous 🥰🥰

[@thecraftygoddess1025]

I can't pick a winner in this fashion contest as both outfits looked absolutely stunning. Also, I'm so glad you continue to advocate for the DIY approach to the goth/punk aesthetic. It really feels disingenuous to see prominent goth KZbinrs blather on about how "you too can look goth if you know how to thrift" while they're pimping out Killstar gear and have hallways and closets lined with hundreds to thousands of dollars' worth of footwear. Well done, ladies!

[@NancyBrown1975]

The purple coat is the most beautiful garment I think I have ever seen. Just fantastic. You are an amazing seamstress and clothes creator. So beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing. The red outfit Mary made is very pretty too, a lovely Madame.

[@crowfaerymori]

Holy crap that coat is incredibly epic! Also love that black and silver eyeshadow! This is why I hate when secondhand shops throw out damaged clothes, that beautiful fabric deserved a remake!

[@elizabthharris6741]

Mary is my hero! I an older 80s goth, an you both make me so happy, to see sewing! Nobody does it now. Fast cheap fashion of the same stuff is annoying

[@jennaryder4687]

If I was famous I would 100% pay you to design and make me a gown for the Met Gala 🤘🏽

[@elizabethlewconklin995]

Luna is the best sewing assistant

[@catsneye]

That purple colour is beautiful, and both came out fantastic!!!! 🖤💜❤️

[@meganmyers1657]

Yay Mary!!! We don't see her enough ❤️ both looks are so fantastic!!

[@skuncle3036]

Luna has her own sewing project behind the scenes 😆

[@heartdragon2386]

Beautiful! Both are stunning, but I think you get extra goth points for coffin skirt refab. I love reusing old stuff. It is far cheaper, and as was pointed out, unique. Downsides: usually more work, and often not enough material for what you want. Plus, and maybe this is just me, you quickly become a bit of a hoarder. Holding onto nice material for just the right project.

[@nekobat1962]

That purple coat looks like a designer original! And Mary! You ladies are perfection!

[@dianefields295]

Ohhhhh my goodness I love your beautiful coat. 👍😊😘🤟🏽👏🏾🤘🏼🖤📱

[@siahnmahadihadara6547]

Good grief! The amount of talent you gorgeous ladies have is incredible! Freaking amazing. But I can't decide!😢 I love them both!😁😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@phantomreddeath777]

Love it!!! Love making bustles out of second hand curtain panels, super easy and they look fab. Cheers to your Frankenstein coat!!!

[@ekc_sc.722]

Those coats are so gorgeous! I wish I could sew. My mother and grandmother both could but they never taught me. They figured my generation wouldn't need to know how.

[@TheSeptemberRose]

They're both great coats, and when I first watched this, I thought Mary's would be the clear winner, but I LOVE that purple crushed velvet SO much and it turned out fabulous!!!! I think yours is the winner....in my opinion anyway.

[@TwilightKimvideos]

They are both so amazing! Yours definitely gets extra goth points for being made from a funeral presentation cloth 😂 ⚰️ love the gloomy and dramatic posing

[@AngelsxGrave]

The longer she takes the more goth I become 😂 I love you guys so so much

[@arlinejernigan]

They are both wonderful, but I love the purple, and given all that went into it, I mean... Gorge!!!!

[@darkelady58]

Both of them are gorgeous. Purple is my favorite color, you did a great job piecing . And holy Scarlett Ohara Mary what a great job using curtains.

[@JinxBlackthorne]

This is making me want to dig into my fabric stash to see what I can come up with!!! Gorgeous work, ladies!

[@CemeteryGoth]

Both jackets turned out so stunning! 🖤 love them both well done to you both great video and that’s such hard decision to pick a favorite I love them both

[@bonniebrady2112]

Wow, they ended up so beautifully, something that I would wear with pride if I had made that myself. Being creative is so amazing and I agree Killstar has some sick items that cost too much but the catch with Killstar is that it's not original and you see 16 girls wearing the same thing whereas DIYing can bring originality and isn't that the whole point of the goth, punk scene x

[@Convoluted-and-Exiled]

Truuuue. As someone who has purchased from KillStar before, and Hottopic, that's true. I've had bad experiences with KillStars clothing anyway so I just by accessories. That's what's the most fun anyway. You can have those 16 girls all wearing the same choker but they would all still be completely different. Why I prefer accessories and finding or making something random instead for clothes. I'm all for personal expression too 👏 I mean, isn't that kind of what it's all about? (The look. I do know Goth is more about the Music and what it inspires in you.) But that's why DIY is awesome. Because the same song or band can make several people each feel something different. Subject to interpretation! And then come up with an outfit based around your mindframe inspired by the Music and your own individual self 🖤

[@bonniebrady2112]

@@Convoluted-and-Exiled I agree. I only have three chockers from killstar which I love but it obviously does not compare to the thrill of thrifting or diy'ing some strange and unique x

[@Convoluted-and-Exiled]

@@bonniebrady2112 I have more than 3 myself but I still agree. Especially if I make something somehow. That always makes me feel so..Happy, I don't know how to explain it though.

[@LivWildStyle]

Awesome! I feel you. I have been sewing alot lately, having a good time, making my own stuff. Much love.

[@deinellpugs]

I've seen this video so many times. These coats are so gorgeous.

[@lacrima152]

Wow, this purple coat looks so majestic and cool, I wish I had one as well 💜 but the red is nice too 🙂 good job ladies 👍

[@tenebrisrex333]

Burgundy for the win. But I would have loved to have seen a fusion of your style coat with her material and adornments

[@izabellamiko7237]

Beautiful beautiful👏👏👏

[@richardc7869]

Love diy fashion. Loved studding, patching, brocading, fringing, tattering... when I was in my 20’s. Last week I bought a new hoodie from The Gap... 😆 😔

[@richardcrows7245]

It's definitely giving me a purple version of Winnie Sanderson 😍😍😍😍💯👌🏻🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 overall you both look absolutely stunning 🖤

[@alyssamartinez7690]

I love upcycling things all the time. I've dismantled and old sweater vest never used for the yarn & I've been crocheting & knitting all kinds things with it.

[@newbatling4194]

Love them both but purple is my favourite colour. I've been collecting velvet curtains and blankets so one day I'm going to make this... got the pattern too, love your sewing vlogs/blogs, keep it up ladies....xxx

[@MaryMourning]

Sew much fun! I absolutely love your purple coat.

[@tstymctst]

Both came out so good! If I wasn't so focused on knitting right now, this would make me want to dig out the bag of fabric remnants I've been collecting to make a skirt from.

[@myangelina100]

Omg that coat is amazing!!! I love purple❤ awesome!

[@charlenesoper2588]

I love both of your guys creations!! ❤💜 I'm so proud of you both, good job!!!

[@debzcalardo6887]

Wow what awesome coats and another great makes vid....wish I had your sewing talents! Keep bringing us these fantastic vids Miss E!

[@cocon8287]

Love it !!! :D please dont stop making DIY videos they are amazing :')

[@evilbarb]

I LOVE the velvet coat!!!!

[@thechurchofdave]

When this started I was rather skeptical but god damn, woman. I am absolutely impressed with your work. Seriously love what you did there. Very well done. Very impressive work. Looks fucking great :)

[@Feenix102]

Oh cool. I never get your videos on my subscription feed, I'll have to click the bell. I always love these videos, to see how you work - the process is as exquisite as the final product, and its great that we get to see that. And you both look amazing - my taste is more towards the purple one, but theyre both beautiful! :o) Also, I worked out who you remind me of, your voice in particular - Sigourney Weaver, similar diction I think. I hope that isnt offensive, shes probably my favourite actress if I had to choose. Anyway, I bid you adieu - and well done to you both. :o)

[@AmyValentine100]

Omg that coat is beautiful 😮 it's so impressive you made that

[@kittys.2870]

I have found some lovely lovely embroidered curtain fabric from 'fabric thrifting"!

[@sarahc8862]

Both turned out beautiful 💖

[@SleepinBee]

good old mccalls pattern, my wedding dress was from a mccalls pattern, it was beautiful. you really make me want to crack out my sewing machine again. its been a while. hope things are going better for you x

[@tiffytattoo2450]

You both look badass! Great projects! And I love how the velvet shimmers differently with the grain and the patching :) happy accident!

[@33ladycatherine]

Coats are both so good!!

[@francis234]

OMG! Absolutely love this! Went to Amazon and bought the pattern after I saw this.

[@Convoluted-and-Exiled]

Your Coat is made from a Coffin Skirt... I don't think ya can get more Goth than that. Haha. That is SOO awesome and it looks badass! I love both though, you both did an incredible job! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@Satanicprincess]

Inspirational lady 🖤 awesome beautiful work

[@banannakis6723]

See I would want the coat that is basically a Frankenstein creation because that means it has character and it's more durable. Second-hand and thrifting clothes a lot time have been through the wars, so it knows how to bounce back. Or it's already been "damaged" so you don't have to stress about it getting ruined. Sometimes I think when newer fast fashion they make them easy to fall apart, so we'll just replace it with a new item instead of trying to fix them.

[@noniefuss]

Not like I'm the least bit surprised by it but you guys did an amazing job! I can't pick a favorite because every time I looked from one to the other I found something new I liked about them. Great colors and AWESOME use of upcycling! I'm not super against ready made fashion, lord knows if I had the budget, there's likely more than one thing I'm sure I'd buy from the over hyped lables the kids are using these days, but give me old days of hunting down random/cheap/old shit and making it work, then rocking the shit out of it at the clubs knowing there wasn't a CHANCE you'd run into anyone wearing even remotely the same thing as you. Also, screw that wind man! As a fellow Ontarian, Candadian weather is so rude!

[@Imoria]

So much talent!

[@helo604]

I love it! More of this please!!

[@MadameAbsinthe]

I'll try my best! I have lots more cool sewing videos coming up, so keep your eyes peeled!

[@helo604]

@@MadameAbsinthe yes! I will! Where in Canada are you? I'm in Vancouver.

[@jennh5047]

Love them both!

[@EdAtoZ]

Miss E, What do you think of the idea. If Mary has some cloth left over, you could make a carpet hand bag.

[@CybernetikDark]

Wow!!😍

[@magalimagali5234]

Todo trabalho gratificação peça finalizada

[@morticialilas3229]

I think both of you look fantastic+your coats are so well made. Lavina Morticia,1985 only legal self estranged wife of Canada*s bad-rocker Sebastian Bach@Skid Row+Madame X.

[@AngelsxGrave]

Omg gorgeous!!!! Your skills are killer

[@darkmysteria569]

You are so talent, love the coats well done.

[@kittys.2870]

Lovely work as usual!

[@jaskierdraven9191]

I have about 7 yards of this weird black slightly stretchy crushed velvet looking fabric, kinda similar to that purple stuff, that I want to sew up into a priests Cassock that I will wear as a coat from an old pattern I have. I'm exited about it but haven't started it as I haven't found a nice fabric to line it with haha. But I hope it will look good when I'm done with it! Both of yours looks absolutely stunning!

[@tiaredeloto]

I love the final look sssoooooo much omg, you are a genius

[@ameliaselene6550]

The coat came out so cool! I love it! I wish I had more time to DIY.

[@gothdogs6300]

Watching this vid again cos i love it & i want to try & make something of my own creation, so need inspiration. The coat is truly beautiful & a gorgeous colour 👿🖤

[@bexphilpott2824]

Both awesome coats, u r both very talented

[@cakeeeetime]

Every time you sew with Mary and she recommands a pattern, and you make a remark on it, all I hear is: MOOOOOOOM MARY WANTS TO MAKE ME DO PATTERNS. AGAIN!!!

[@janaanselm4114]

You both look awesome I love it 🖤

[@sarahmoon1768]

Both amazing 😍😍😍😍

[@Devastatia669]

Seeing both fabulous outfits has reminded me that I have a bustle skirt still to make. It's very rare that I buy off the peg Goth clothing, mainly because it doesn't fit me (I'm tall and plus size) and the prices of the pieces that I like are out of my budget. So, for me, it's thrifting and creating my own stuff and I wouldn't have it any other way. Goth is only as expensive as you make it. :)

[@peptodismal5431]

i like your energy! this video has such good vibes

[@jimpickens4067]

Great job

[@reudemort368]

Impressive stuff 💀💀💀💀

[@AngelsxGrave]

Held with pins and prayers 😂

[@elizabethwilson5349]

These are GORGEOUS! The purple coat came out so well! I absolutely love it! Your creative ideas never cease to amaze me! Mary’s outfit came out really nicely as well. However the purple coat is more goth, I think. Mary’s looks like a beautiful Victorian outfit. At the end of the day, this is another awesome video! As always, I am looking forward to the next one! Cheers!

[@twiztidlette1990]

i love getting killstar clothes but i love putting my touch on everything and making it my own style everyone is different i their own way and i love seeing everyone's style compared to mine lol I love the purple coat well actually i love both but I love the purple one more lol

[@gothiclove4977]

I wish i could do something like that🤩 its amazing

[@michaeldesjardins8916]

This is amazing!

[@cantodea69]

amazing ❤❤❤🦇🦇🦇

[@MrsRebellion]

omg it's so hard to choose which I like best, I want to make Missy's myself, but Mary's was just omg 😍😍😍😍

[@dejahdanger]

Fucking epic. You both look amazing.

[@mmcgartland2095]

Thanks

[@craftingweirdo6498]

AHHH the coats look so good! Also whats the pattern name with the way too much fabric usage?

[@OldSkoolGhoul]

These came out flipping fangtastic!!! I need to start making my own clothes again. I think I need Mary (we’re fb and ig friends) to make me an outfit like she made here! I would love that coat, as well! Keep brining the DIY videos! 🖤🦇🖤

[@franciscoguerrero4373]

Goddess!!

[@katleiahveridian6564]

I really want to learn to use a sewing machine..i currently sew everything by hand. Any advice on how to learn? I am 47 and have been dressing "goth" since i was 12. Most of my jewelry is handmade by me, almost all my clothes are altered by me, and i also do hair (color, extensions, dreadlocks) and i completely agree that it's way more fun to be unique and one of a kind. It's nice to see someone else out there like me though, so thank you! You are beautiful!

[@MadameAbsinthe]

My best advice is to find yourself an old Kenmore, or a Singer. You can find them often at thrift stores, or on kijiji or Facebook marketplace for a reasonable price. Make sure it's in good working order before you buy it, of course. Old machines are FAR superior to new ones, in my opinion and have more power and longevity, as well as being simpler to use, once you get the hang of it. I'm a big fan of well-made old fashioned metal parts over new plastic BS, so that's why I like them. Once you have your machine, either take a few sewing classes (if you choose to do this, you can message me - I teach in person and online sewing classes), or mess around and teach yourself (which is mostly what I did). Of you want any tips or pointers, feel free to hit me up on Facebook or Instagram to ask! Hopefully that helps. The more you practice, the better you'll get! It's frustrating at first, but so rewarding

[@Vampira2430]

I love the coats! I’m new at sewing, is the middle machine a top stitching machine?

[@LacedMetal]

Such beautiful coats! Lovely ladies! NGL, Canada sounds REALLY good right now from the states. Anyway, thanks for sharing

[@moniquelambertz2450]

Great job ladies, wow. How was the warmth factor? What an art form.

[@thatbitchnoemie]

Godddd I wish I could sew 😭

[@ungratefulbat2621]

What is Mary's chanel? The link does not work for me

[@moonflower5553]

nothing more goth than a coat made out of a velvet coffin skirt.

[@nicnaknoc]

comment of appreciation for Luna's butt

[@gwynnraven2245]

I wish I could see well enough to sow

[@XoticcSM]

Where’s the Omegle video??

[@MadameAbsinthe]

It's coming, I promise! It's quite a long edit for Jessica, we were on there over 4 hours. It should be up in the next couple of weeks

[@AngelsxGrave]

Omg gorgeous!!!! Your skills are killer