How to make a Pirate Costume

Making pirate wear from scratch is not a hard thing. Sure it might not be the best pirate wear to find out there but it doesn’t mean that you can’t use your skills to come up with something impressive. You don’t even have to be great at sewing and you can avoid it altogether if you are not sure about your abilities. You won’t need expensive materials and you can actually make do with stuff that is readily available around the house.

For starters you have to decide whether you want to look like a female pirate or a male one. For some people you might think that it is an easy case of gender and identity, but it goes further than that. The most famous female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read dressed as male. Choose what works for you.

Find a pirate figure or image and use that to construct pirate attire. Some pirates of note include Captain Morgan, The Blackbeard among others. Their mode of dressing will help you in your creativity as you seek to make the coolest wear ever.

To start the designing, choose a loosely fitting T-shirt that gives the impression of sloppiness. You don’t need an expensive shirt or the best material out there. A t-shirt will serve the job perfectly.

Next you need to cut some edges of your t-shirt to make it look like you have been at sea for a long time without a spare change of clothes. You must have seen that rugged pirate look almost everywhere you look. Now using fabric paint go about painting blue stripes into your cloth.

After your t-shirt, you will need to create a pirate top using a shirt. Find a good shirt especially if you are aiming for the top job, a pirate captain. A large bulging shirt will fit the occasion. Considering pirates don’t like all that corporate stuff, the stiff white collar should be the first to go. Replace it with a softer one or a ruffle.

For the pants, choose black. Pants have never made a statement even for pirates of old. Choose simple black trousers and let the other attire make the statement. You can wear a vest that opens up to the front. Make it black or even decorate it with skull and bones, the mark of a pirate.

For the accessories, choose some good ones from the many that are available. To start with make a good pirate hat. Make the correct measurements to ensure that your hat fits perfectly. Choose a piece of paper as a template to help you achieve the shape you are looking for. 

Other accessories that might be of interest to you include a bandana around your neck. Supposing you paint your hat black, it may be a nice idea to make sure your bandana is red for effect.   Just cut a piece of read cloth carefully so that it ties perfectly like it was designed for your neck.

Add a pirate belt and an eye patch. Wear some old boots. Now stand before a mirror and look at the pirate looking back at you!