Evoking memories of daring buccaneers and favourite characters from the silver screen, pirate costumes are always great fun for any fancy dress occasion. Whether you want to recreate the legendary Jack Sparrow or you’re looking for a ghost or zombie costume for Halloween, there’s always something to fit the bill.
For men’s costumes, look for long, brown duster coats and tri-corn hats and for girls swathes of lace and leather corsets. You can go wild with the accessories for these outfits too, with everything from fake guns, knives and swords to eye-patches and inflatable parrots being the order of the day.
Of course, Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the biggest and most loved movie franchises of all time, with Cap’n Jack heading the list of one of the most imitated movie characters ever – he’s always a favourite with male and female party goers and is great fun to dress up as. If you’re not into the idea of going as Jack himself though, you could always rock Elizabeth Swan or Will Turner...if you’re feeling really adventurous and are a creative type, you could even try your hand at Davy Jones and have a go at doing your own tentacle beard for the evening!
Pirate costumes can be everything from creepy and mysterious to sexy and fun, so regardless of the occasion you should be able to find something that you’re comfortable in and works well for the event that you’re going to. Pirates are also great fun for the kids, who will have great fun doing battle with foam swords and hunting for buried treasure – you could even make up some ‘treasure maps’ for them to follow, with a haul of chocolate coins to find at the end of it, which will keep them occupied for ages.