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pirate costumes and the good old days

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Do you miss the the good old days? The times when piracy was a legal profession; when drinking rum was part of your job and hoisting your sail was a daily ritual. No matter how modern aged you’ve become or how far away you live from a the sea you can still enjoy some of piracy at least one night a year.

During Halloween anything is possible. So if you’ve been looking for a buxom wench and not having luck, you’ve not been looking in the right places. Get into an adult pirate Halloween costume this time round and you might find your perfect mate.

What woman could resist your impersonation Captain Jack Sparrow? If you’re not wearing a Pirates of the Caribbean fancy dress you could really miss the boat.

If you’re a traditional pirate you’ll like the Cap’n Cutthroat Elite Collection Costume. Now You’ll be able to pillage your neighborhood trick or treating in style. If you’re more of a buccaneer, out for a good time on the high seas or dry land you’ll fit right into the Rustic Pirate Elite Collection Plus Costume.

Pirate costume at the seaside ctd:

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

There is also the option of introducing some competitive events such as races, plastic sword fights and the like. Take advantage of the seaside shops. They stock all manner of toys that will go really well with your pirate costumes. You will find muskets, swords and even eye patches that can easily be incorporated into your day.

Water pistols are a must if you are planning on having some battles over sunken treasure and who it belongs to. Don’t worry if there are no children in your group. Why should it only be kids that have all of the fun? Try splitting your friends into two teams and organising some contests that will showcase their swashbuckling skills. Perhaps the two sides could wear different coloured pirate costumes and have fitting names such as, ‘The Black Buccaneers’ or ‘The Jolly Red Rogers’.

After everyone is tired of running around the beach shouting, ‘Ahoy there’ and ‘Shiver me timbers’ then why not unwind down at the boating lake? This will still be in keeping with your themed day out and is a great way of relaxing as well.

So, there is an idea for something that is a little bit more interesting to do during the summer this year. Apart from the purchasing of your pirate costumes it is also not going to cost you too many ‘pieces of eight’ to organise. However many people you choose to invite along on your trip, it is sure to be a day that everyone will remember.

Why We Love Films With Pirate Costumes

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Long before 2003 when Captain Jack Sparrow became a household name, there had been several movies with actors in pirate costumes. ‘The Curse of The Black Pearl’, which was to be the first of the ‘Pirates of The Caribbean’ series was not a new idea, instead it made swashbuckling cotemporary with a big budget and 21st century enhanced special effects.

Right from the early days of film there have been many stories of buccaneers, deep buried treasures and attractive wenches to thrill viewers the world over. Everything about these tales of adventure in the high seas has always proved to be very popular with the public; the treasure maps, the creaking ships, the villains dressed in pirate costumes and the roar of cannons. It is something that appeals to a great many of us.

The child within us all loves the excitement and romance that is such a large part of these great movies. Just as many of us ‘enjoy’ being frightened by a good creepy film, we also love all of the adventure of a good swashbuckling epic.

Right from being children we are taught that pirate costumes are synonymous with adventure by being told stories such as ‘Treasure Island’ and ‘Peter Pan’.

If you want to see some good movies prior to Johnny Depp becoming Captain Jack Sparrow, then there are some great ones to choose from.

‘The Black Swan’ was released in 1942. It starred Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara. Errol Flynn wore pirate costumes for many of his roles. Amongst his best films to be made were ‘Captain Blood’ and ‘Sea Hawk’. The ‘The Crimson Pirate’ from 1952 with Burt Lancaster playing Captain Vallo. Lancaster was a huge influence when writers created the character of Captain Jack Sparrow in his pirate costume