Fancy Dress Costume Ideas

Pirate Costumes never go out of style, there is a great selection here to give you some Pirate Costumes ideas for you to dress up in.

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Johnny Depp with his amazing invention of Captain Jack Sparrow has practically single handed updated the fancy dress costume idea of how a pirate should look.

And  the same for all the crew in the film as well, they all wore terrific costumes.

Jack Sparrow costume for boys he will certainly look the part wearing this fancy dress pirate costume. It includes a shirt and waistcoat, a hat, trousers and mock boots.

Small boys have always loved dressing up as pirates, and if you have the time and inclination then it’s fairly easy to put together pirate fancy dress costumes at home. You can easily purchase a sword and a buccaneer’s hat to accessorise the costume. One of Dad’s old shirts tied at the waist with a bit of thin rope and cut some old jeans off below the knee in a ragged fashion. Loop an old curtain ring with an elastic band over his ear, and there you are.

Here’s a likely lassie Sexy Swashbuckler is a really gorgeous two piece costume with a mesh sleeve peasant top mini dress decorated with delightful red ribbons and completed off with a red sash.

There have been many lovely wenches in pirate films over the years, and Keira Knightley made her mark in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. She is a stunning actress who despite having dyslexia has gone on to positively shine in her chosen career.

Black Pirate Jacket is of good quality in very nice black velvet and printed with a pattern in gold swirls. This jacket would definitely set you apart from the motley crew who only exist to swab the decks.

According to records the very first film made about pirates was in 1912 with a production of Treasure Island being made. There have probably been more than three hundred made to date, with pirate captains being both hero and villain’s of the piece.

Here is another stunning pirate fancy dress costume to cause heads to turn Pirate Vixen it’s the Gothic version and this maid looks like she won’t be taking any orders from anybody at any time soon. Really stunning detail on this red and black costume, inspiration for this pirate costume comes from the punk movement without doubt.

In 1953 Walt Disney made the much loved pirate film Peter Pan. It’s be re-made many times since, and that’s partly because of our love of pirates. Captain Hook is possibly one of the best baddies of all time!

Captain Cutthroat Costume when you just have to be bad! A fabulous long leather look jacket, a grey shirt, boot tops, wig with a red head piece  and a red sash to complete the look.

Way back in 1956-1957 Robert Shaw who is probably best known for his part in Jaws, played a captain of the high sea, Captain Dan Tempest in a children’s television series called The Buccaneers. He was a good pirate by the way!

Pirate Captain Costume the headpiece has the hair attached, and this super costume includes the trousers, shirt and the sash.

Pirates of The Caribbean – Angelica Costume New in 2011 from Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides she is looking menacing and rightly so wearing an Angelica costume she’s a match for Captain Jack and no mistake. Pirate costumes of all kinds have always been a crowd pleas er when it comes to dressing up for a party. This Angelica look will prove to be very popular with the girls (and the boys!).

Captain Jack Sparrow Pirate Fancy Dress Costume. Is he possibly the absolute worst scary pirate in the seven seas? Scary he may not be, but he has a fabulous disguise just made for themed parties and Halloween. He is Mr Cool of the Caribbean!

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