Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
We have all heard of fancy dress parties and that they can be a great deal of fun. Being surrounded by your friends and family dressed in ridiculous outfits of one kind or another is both amusing and enjoyable. Dressing up is something that most of us enjoy because it gives us an excuse to take part in something that makes us forget about the more mundane things for a little while.
While the summer is still here and the weather is nice, why not use the fancy dress idea to do something a little bit different? Imagine a day out with your friends and your relatives at the coast. Okay, so up to now this is nothing particularly unusual, but with a little bit of imagination it could be… If your day trip has a strict dress code of pirate costumes only, then this will change everything quite dramatically.
A ‘themed’ day at the seaside. As long as you don’t mind onlookers giving you some rather puzzled glances then being amongst a group of people wearing pirate costumes could be a unique and very amusing experience.
Plan some activities together. Obviously, it is pretty essential that you and your fellow buccaneers spend some time on the beach. Being down by the sea and sand will immediately give greater authenticity to your pirate costumes. With a little bit of imagination you could create a treasure hunt. Perhaps you could print some treasure maps beforehand to take with you on your day out.
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
When choosing which accessories to go with your outfit there are all sorts of things to choose from. There are items like swords, daggers and muskets (not real ones obviously), hooked hands, pocket watches and all sorts of suitable jewellery. With a little imagination and thought you can easily come up with some great ideas. Depending on how far you actually want to go with the authenticity of your outfit you could even sport a thick golden ring in your ear and some temporary tattoos (of which there is a huge selection available). Some pirates’ costumes actually come complete with a parrot to perch on your shoulder. Have a think about films that feature pirates and the sort of things that they wear.
Since the release of the Johnny Depp films there has been a huge amount of renewed interest in pirates. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies are very watchable and Captain Jack Sparrow has proved to be an incredibly popular character with people all around the world. The three films in the series have been an enormous hit and Johnny Depp has been heralded by many as being ‘the best pirate ever’. If there is a fancy dress party that you have been invited to or if you are organising one yourself then pirates costumes are always a great choice and whilst people are so enamoured with Jack Sparrow and his adventures it is a better time than ever to get dressed up.
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