What exactly do you know about pirates? If you have read Treasure Island, or watched Pirates of the Caribbean, you may have a pretty good idea about doubloons and treasure chests. It is amazing how our knowledge of pirate costumes is not that vast though - vests, bandanas, eye patches, cutlasses, buckled shoes are just one side of the story. These items are terrific for kids, but adult pirate costumes have more room for experimentation and even a little naughty fun.

Pirate costumes are available for men as well as women. Adult pirate costumes for men include the entire Jack Sparrow, Black Scallywag, and Captain Meyer getup. Eyepatches with skulls and crossbones, braids, hats, beards, weapons, shoes, beads help you complete the look. If you dare, make it a little more flamboyant, try a golden coin pendant on a chain to get that piraty feel! 


Ladies' Special

Ladies, you don’t have to be a Jack Sparrow clone to enjoy the pirate high. In fact, adult pirate costumes for women have more room for novelty and excitement than men's costumes do. So chuck your witch, nurse, movie star routine this Halloween and try some adult pirate costumes. Choose the leather, the lace, the fluff, the satin, the pearls, the faux feathers this Halloween. Make the eyepatch sexy, twirl and sashay in vixenish short skirts, don the back fishnets, look demure in a long skirt, or just be cool in ruffs. The cute look is in fashion too, if you can carry it off - laces, frills, white caps. Take inspiration from Elizabeth Swann. The pirate girl does not have to be all leather and eyepatch!

No pirate costume is complete without the stolen loot, so help yourself to gold coins, treasure chest, and tons of jewelry. Proclaim your sovereignty over the seas through a skulls and crossbones flag. A telescope and a map indicating hidden treasure are some other accessories to complete your pirate act.