It's been one week since the Gasparilla Pirate Festival n' it's time to cleanyar garb! To help ye get the salt and grime out ofyar outfit Pirate Fashions has put together a Category System to helpye pick the right methods. It's best to follow the instructions on the tag, but if there be no tag here bearrr guidelines!

Category One be Dry Clean Only: Articles that fall into this chest be comprised of Corsets, Bodices, as well as Most Coats n' Items made with silk, wool, or velvet. Bring'em to a professional dry cleaner or use an at Home Cleaning Product in a Tumble Dryer.

Category Two be Hand Wash n' Light Dry: Womens Tops n Skirts, some of the Men's Skirts, Silk Bandana n Sash, Waist Coats, n' most clothes with 2 different fabrics or lining. Handwash inyar wash basin or bath tub with a mild detergent. Gently swirl n' knead the fabricsfer 2 minutes. Foryarsilks a hair conditionerbe a fine way to soften the delicate cloth. Let dry on a rack n' they'll be ready for adventure in no time.

Category Three be the Machine Wash n Cold Water n' Line Dry Category: Bloomers, Some o' the Men's Shirts, Men's Pants, Kilts, Some Women's Skirts n' Linen Sashes. It is vital ye handle this properly to avoid shrinkage. Thesebe Machine Wash COLD WATER ONLY n' LINE DRY ONLY items of clothing.Alternatively ye could purchaseyar clothing in a Large and use Category Fourfer yar drying.

Category Four be Machine Wash n' Dry: Items in this category be Linens n' Cotton Bandanas, Socks, T-Shirts n' Pre Shrunk Fabrics. Just machine wash cold and dryfer a tough, veteran look! If ye be looking for the respectable pirate look just iron or steam after drying.

If ye have questions about maintaining and cleaningyar garb- consult the Pirate Fashions website! http://bit.ly/2ks3M71

Get yarself a proper n' custom Tricorne Hat! The Quintessential piece of the Pirate Ensemble!

Tricorne hats also be known as Cocked Hats, n' they be a pillar in any pirate's wardrobe! All arrr custom hats be made with 100% Wool and come in 8 Sizes with numerous options for Trims, Edgings, Feathers, Pins n' Accessories!

Cocked hats began to appear in the Mid 17th Century within the Spanish Military. By the end of the 17th Century, however the style of hat quickly gained popularity in the rest of Europe in both civilian and military fashion.Throughout the 18th Century it was a popular style choice and o' course that includes pirates!

In terms of functionality Tricornes be ideal fer redirecting rainwater away from the wearer and guttering it over the shoulders. Arrr's do not come with a sweat band as they be designed to be worn over a bandana. These arrr the ideal hats for pirates, buccaneers, rogues, privateers and sea dogs! Everything ye need to customize yer hat is available on arrr website!http://bit.ly/2iT0plr

What to wear while traveling the Caribbean? Walking around all day in the tropical heat in full historical pirate garb be a lot of work, since I spend most of my work day in pirate garb, I wanted to try something different. I wanted to show my pirate spirit with something more than just a pirate t-shirt.  I decided to mix pirate causal with authentic to become Pirate Lite, so I wore a pirate t-shirt and cargo shorts with a pirate hat, bandana, sash, belt and socks.  We got a lot of attention from the local population as well as the tourist.

It be in a 8000 sq ft metal building, but we are only using about 5000 sq ft of it now.  We wanted plenty of room, so we can grown and now have to move again.  This will be our 4 th building in 9 years.  We started out in a 280 sq ft unit in a small strip mall in St Augustine.  Now we are the largest physical pirate store in the world.  Aye, currently it looks like any other warehouse from the outside, but we have plenty of exciting plans for the building in the future, once we pay for the many moving and build out expensive.

Some days, I be getting some very interested mates coming in my shop. The other day a lovely couple came in to buy on outfit, as they wanted to look authentic fer doing trade shows fer their new product, called Rum's Revenge.  

The Rum’s Revenge be a fictitious Pirate Ship that grrrrr based our story on. A Pirate’s chest full of 12 rums that will take ye on a journey around the World n' broaden yar Rum experience. Along the way ye be getting to follow the wax sealed treasure map to match the symbols for the next Rum location. It comes equipped with a skull glass n' a Rum’s Revenge piece of eight 1^st edition lapel pin. A hand made miniature Rum’s Revenge in a bottle be included. It wouldn’t be right to sail around the treasure map without a ship now would it. 

Cindy N Jonathan Bray came down from Canada, just to shop in arrrr fine store. We fitted  them both from head to toe in some of the finest pirate garb in the seven seas.  They were feeling a bit plunder when they felt, but they looked grand, as you seen in the photo below. They both feel in love with the Pirate of the Caribbean Ride a the East Indian Mouse Company since being a youngster.

Their company be called Secret Spirits Ltd, started out focusing on whiskey. They created a unique Scotch Whiskey Advent Calendar of 25 different samples of whisky. They see that pirate's have more fun, so now they be focusing on Rum! The Rum's Revenge will be available to the US, next year.

On arrrrr way back from Beaufort Pirate Invasion, I decided to visit Dolly Parton's Pirate Voyage in Myrtle Beach.  They ordered a number of pirate tricorn hats from us when it they be opening up.  They had two shows on Sunday day, 6pm & 8:30pm.  We made it to the later one.  It cost $50 per person for the regular seats on the end, and $5 more the the seats in the middle, which Dead Red N Tiger Lee chose.  Overall the place was huge n' well decorated.

You had to get there an hour earlier than the show to get the pre-show.  This allows you to be entertained, but mostly so you had time to buy stuff from the bar (expensive), gift shop (nothing really good) or face painting section (mostly for the kids).  

The outfits were OK, very color coordinated for the two sides, the men's blue team and the women's red team.  Each side of the place cheered for their side, so as to get more audience participation. The outfit were mostly out of spandex, due to the fact that most of them ended up in the water at the end of each act. It was similar to other dinner shows like Medieval Times, but it contained much more acrobatics, similar to Cirque du Soleil in its coordinated performance. Overall I was pleasantly entertained.  My main disappointment was the food, very insitutional, like you would get in a military mess hall.

It be way better than the Pirate's Dinner Adventure in Orlando, which I was not impressed at all with, arrrrgh!  In think since Dolly Parton owns it n' has a background in entertainment, that she truly wanted to provide a good show instead of setting up a tourist trap to collect money. 

We be rolling out arrrrrr new Treasure Rewards Program.  Just click on the red tab on the left bottom of the page.  You will get 100 points just fer signing up, as well as for any purchases you make in the future.   If you refer a friend, they will get 100 point as well as you, when they make their first purchase.  We will be added new features as we go along.

The reward program works for both on-line as well as in store purchased, yarrrrr!  I know ye be wonder about all yar past orders?  Fer on-line order, just ask us in the shopping cart note section of yar next order, "Please add points for my past purchases!".  Fer in store customer, bring in yar old receipts or just wear yar outfit to the store n' we will give you credit fer it!  No other store in the new world will do this fer it's fine customers, but we arrrrrr pirate who don't follow the rules.

Early this year in the old town of Alexandria, when clearing the site fer a new hotel, they discovered a 250 year old sailing ship.  It would be a revolutionary War era ship, but we don't know if be a American Privateer Ship or a British Merchant or Navy Man of War, yet. 200 the city decided to develop this waterfront property themselves and backfilled the Potomac River to make way for more commercial waterfront.

Well Black Sails has finished it's 3rd season n' be signed up fer another voyage.  Overall I have enjoyed the entire series, but I really think it has hit its strive this season.  They are finally battling the British instead of themselves.  They added some new characters such as Black Beard n' Woods Rogers.  They showcase run away slaves as a community of maroon, that is based on a real live woman called Queen Nanny, who lead a resistance group in Jamaica, that the English could not subdue.  I like that Long John Silver has stopped being a wimp, n' has stepped up to stronger leader.  The interaction between Charles Vane and Edward Teach proved to be quite interesting.  Black Sail be an interesting blend of fictional characters from Treasure Island, such as Billy Bones, Long John Silver n' Captain Flint with real live characters such Calico Jack Rackham, Hornigold, Anne Bonnie, Woods Rogers n' Black Beard.  There be a lot less sex this season, but the store line is so much better, arrrrrgh!