| Anyone who has ever been to a fancy dress party | | | | the years. |
| will have seen people wearing pirates' costumes. | | | | When choosing which accessories to go with your |
| They have always been a popular choice amongst | | | | outfit there are all sorts of things to choose from. |
| party-goers. Just as you will always get the | | | | There are items like swords, daggers and muskets |
| obligatory monsters, robots, clowns and vampires | | | | (not real ones obviously), hooked hands, pocket |
| you are bound to see guests dressed up as | | | | watches and all sorts of suitable jewellery. With a |
| swashbucklers. Some outfits just seem to have a | | | | little imagination and thought you can easily come up |
| timeless appeal to people. | | | | with some great ideas. Depending on how far you |
| Throughout the ages pirates' costumes have held a | | | | actually want to go with the authenticity of your |
| certain romance about them. The buried treasure, the | | | | outfit you could even sport a thick golden ring in your |
| beautiful women (albeit usually kidnapped) and the | | | | ear and some temporary tattoos (of which there is a |
| exciting sword fights. If you are planning to go to a | | | | huge selection available). Some pirates' costumes |
| fancy dress party using this theme for your outfit | | | | actually come complete with a parrot to perch on |
| then it is good to know that pirates costumes are | | | | your shoulder. Have a think about films that feature |
| not only instantly recognisable but are easily obtained | | | | pirates and the sort of things that they wear. |
| from a wide variety of fancy dress companies. If | | | | Since the release of the Johnny Depp films there has |
| you have at look on the internet then it will not take | | | | been a huge amount of renewed interest in pirates. |
| very long for you to find a great selection of pirates' | | | | The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies are very |
| costumes. You can keep your attire relatively simple | | | | watchable and Captain Jack Sparrow has proved to |
| or you can really go to town with it. Certain | | | | be an incredibly popular character with people all |
| elements, however, are essential when dressing-up; | | | | around the world. The three films in the series have |
| there is the hat or bandana (with or without a 'Jolly | | | | been an enormous hit and Johnny Depp has been |
| Roger') and the eye patch. If you use these as a | | | | heralded by many as being 'the best pirate ever'. If |
| starting point then you cannot go far wrong. There | | | | there is a fancy dress party that you have been |
| are, of course, other items of clothing that are | | | | invited to or if you are organising one yourself then |
| synonymous with pirates' costumes such as a black | | | | pirates costumes are always a great choice and |
| and white stripey top, a wide leather belt with a large | | | | whilst people are so enamoured with Jack Sparrow |
| buckle and high leather boots. Waistcoats are another | | | | and his adventures it is a better time than ever to |
| garment that many pirates have worn in films over | | | | get dressed up. |