How to Make an Adult Female Pirate Costume

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Make an Adult Female Pirate Costume

Dressing as a pirate or a pirate couple is a lot of fun. If your favorite man plans to dress as a pirate, you can whip up a female pirate costume and accompany him to keep the wenches away! Or a group of female pirates brings life to any costume party. Here are some tips on creating a great female pirate costume. Ahoy!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Making a female pirate costume is great fun because you can go several different directions with it, from vampy to glamorous to risque to a working pirate, deckhand or tavern wench. You have a lot of freedom in fabric and colors. One of the basic items you want to start with is a white puffy shirt. It can be either a nice satin one or a plain type. It should open at the neck so you can show some pirate jewelry. Another option is a puffy shirt that can be pulled down to expose your shoulders. Males are kind of limited to earth tones, but females can get away with brighter colors.
Step 2

Off the shoulder puffy shirt w bustier

After you have a nice top picked out, a bustier of some type really gives the outfit a piratey look. You can look in thrift stores for both the shirt and the bustier. Be creative. We found an old corset, spray-painted it black, and hot-glued some gold trim onto it. Then its worn on top of the shirt. This might be one item you want to buy at a costume store as it really makes the 1700's look.
Step 3

Vest, shoulder belt, knickers make a great pirate look

You can also go with a dark-colored vest over the shirt. This look works well with either a male or female costume. When you are at the thrift store, look for a couple of big-buckle wide leather belts. It helps the look to have one draped diagonally over one shoulder. If you want to look more like a working pirate, a dark pair of capri pants simulates the knee-length pants that were worn in the 1700s. You can wear kneesocks and a pair of big-heel pilgrim-looking shoes. Complete the look by cutting a big buckle out of cardboard like a cereal box, spray paint silver, and affix to the top of each shoe by wrapping black string or rubber bands through it and under the shoes. Color the string with a black marker to disguise it.
Step 4

Tavern wench can be changed up easily

A tavern wench look is a lot of fun at a pirate party. It's not really pirate-specific, but put a pirate hat on and guess what, this is a pirate costume. You can get as revealing with the top as you want, and you can go with a shorter skirt length if you desire. If you do go with a shorter skirt, try wrapping a striped or red sash around your waist and dangling it down. You can get a good look by layering a wide-striped length of fabric over the skirt with a V-cut bottom hem for a little wilder look. This bulks it out a bit too, and gives the look more depth than just a black skirt. Calf-or knee-length boots work with this very well.
Step 5

Sexy pirate look builds on the basics

You can always go for the sexy pirate look. You can adapt much of what we've already covered. Satin or white off the shoulder top, short layered skirt and tall boots and you're almost there. Fishnet stockings work perfectly here. This picture shows the sash and layered skirt idea, although I'm sure you can do a better job with it than this.
Step 6

Finally, accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. Add a pirate-themed, striped or red print bandanna with a string of beads clipped on, or spring for a cool pirate hat at a costume store. I'm sure you can find some skull and crossbones jewelry. Tape a skull on a leather choker or a belt pouch. Pick up a plastic cutlass at the dollar store to stick under your sash. Have fun, and rest assured that you will have a unique and envied pirate costume this year.

How to Make an Adult Female Pirate Costume

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