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Why Authentic Pirate Clothing Beats Your Cheesy Halloween Pirate Costume

Let’s face it. Buying a new Halloween costume year after year is ridiculous. You end up buying a silly costume every Halloween and are seldom the same character ever again, right? I finally got tired of it and resolved to build up an authentic pirate costume by buying authentic pirate clothing each year. One Halloween, I […]

Pirate Costumes: Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers

“Pirate” has become an all-encompassing word that denotes anyone who wore layers of loose tops, scarves and jewelry.  Pirates are also usually assumed to be murders, thieves and villains who sailed the seas looking for something evil to do. For the most part, pirates took their sailing very seriously and were brought together by a […]