Posts Tagged ‘Pirate Hat’

Pirate costumes for your christmas party

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Fancy trying to make a pirate costume? there are many ways you could make your first attempt. You could make it yourself, or gather pieces you find to develop the look. Some great resources are second hand stores, where you will come across affordable and unique materials, clothing, and one or two accessories for your costume.

If, on the other hand you just don’t have the time to make your costume, there are some superb pirate costumes to purchase ready-made. You will also come across hair products you need to make your costume complete.

Decide if you want to look like a particlaur pirate character, whether it’s a historical pirate or a pirate character from a film. Pirate costumes are great fun for parties for women and men, and can be adorable for couples and children.

Dark trousers are a basic for pirate costume are dark pants and are often quite baggy, trimmed below the knee. For women, a peasant-type skirt is very feminine, and depending on your age and preference you can make it short or long. For tops, a simple and baggy white button-up shirt would fit the bill - if you can find one with ruffles that would be even better.

For accessories, look for tall boots, a pirate hat or bandanna, a sash, and a sword. You can also look for flashy gold jewelry to fit the pirate theme - remember this is the kind of stuff they were after.

Pirate costumes and the Caribbean

Monday, September 7th, 2009

The film industry discovered its pot of gold with Pirates of the Caribbean. Captain Jack Sparrow is found at every door on Halloween. Historically pirates spoke of adventure, danger, and excitement on the high seas. Commanding your own ship, with cannons firing and plunder treasures. Add the extra ingredients of blue tropical skies, white sandy beaches and hidden treasure. Who would not dream the life of a pirate?

Pirates have made a big comeback in the last few years, and costume manufacturers have catered to the demand with elaborate fancy dress outfits. From Jack Sparrow to lacy female captains, you’ll re-enact the glamorous life on a sailing vessel, even just for one evening. Here’s a few ideas to help you along the way:

Buccaneer:buccaneers are close to the idea of a pirate: the crown paid escaped slaves, mercenaries and rogues to fight against England’s enemies. Attacking ships and towns, buccaneers lived an independent democratic existence, voting for captains and dividing the plunder. Many had bases and some retired as wealthy merchants.
A good look is a puffed white or shirt, overcoat, black boots, a sword and eye patch. They had their own type of sword, the boucan, with a curved end, used for hunting.

If you dress as Jack Sparrow, include a white puffed shirt, sash, and boot covers. Dress in blue trousers and leather boots. Add an overcoat, cutlass and scabbard, and a pirate hat with beaded braids. Grow a moustache, and complete yourself with makeup and mascara.

Pirate costumes and accessories

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

If you fancy dressing up as a pirate, the first thing you’d think is “what did Pirates wear? Dirty, shoddily-dressed sea villains, with their own indivudual style! Pirates are genderless and ageless!

For theme parties there are traditional pirate costumes on offer together with any type of accessory you could want

They are also not costly to make. They did not have a consistent style of dress making the ‘designing’ of the costume easier. They usually wore loose-fitting clothing, whatever they could find. Black, brown, and dark green were often their choicest colors for trousers.

Highlight the look with brown or black boots, and an eye-patch, made from a square black piece of cloth tied with elastic bands. Take a look at sketches of pirates or photos from pirate movies to see how they dressed.
Here are some essentials normally associated with our pirate:

• A ‘Pirate’ hat
• Cutlasses and guns
• False ‘protruding’ teeth
• A bottle of rum
• Golden hoop earrings
• A sword

Once you get ‘into the skin’ , you will feel like taking to the seas, making the most of the Pirate’s life - dressed to plunder .