FAQ

We focus on pirate clothing fer adults. We do have a few items that might work for kids, such as a few hats, toy weapons 'n skull caps, but typically no clothing.

We don’t sell cheap polyester Halloween style costumes. We do sell more authentic pirate garb in mainly natural fibers. We focus on the time period from 1580 to 1840 for Europe and North America.

Items we buy from someone else and resell are in the current inventory system and will show up available to purchase on-line, though rarely, sometimes the inventory system is incorrect. Most of the items we make in house are always available to purchase on-line, but they may not be in stock. We will let you know how long it will take to make the item, sometimes just one day, sometimes 4 to 6 weeks depending on our backlog of production.

If you be struggling with finding an outfit we can help you. We recommend that you take a look at the "How to Dress Like a Pirate" or "How to Dress Like a Lady Pirate" first, and see if you prefer any of those outfits. If there isn’t something you like, let us know what you're looking for.

Always start with the middle first (corset, coat or waistcoat), then pick a top and bottom to go with it. Next, pick your accent stuff such as bandana, sash and socks, then the belt, boots and hat. Lastly go for weapons and drinking supplies and the gear to hold them, such as baldrics, holsters n’ frogs.

Our color suggestion to put together an outfit is have each item contrasting with the item next to it, so that all the items are not the same color (unless you want a completely matched set – which was a popular style back then). This means you have a white shirt next to a burgundy waistcoat, with a red sash and black belt over it, and a black pant under it, then red socks and black boots, and a black hat with red bandana. Even though you have 3 red and 3 black item, none of them are next to each other.

We focus mostly on products that pirate n’ wenches wear. We occasionally have a few mermaid products, but we do not carrry Taco costumes.

We don’t have much in terms of home furnishing other than some flags n’ treasure chests. We don’t carry tourist souvenirs like ashtrays, spoons, towels with skull n cross bones, etc.

We try to use the same materials used on the original pirate products. We primarily use natural fabrics such as linen, cotton, silk and wool in arrrr garments. Some of our clothes are made of rayon which is a fabric made from wood pulp. Some of the fancy brocades in our corsets and frock coats arrrr made of synthetic fabric, as natural fiber brocades are almost impossible to find anymore. We use good quality cow hide in most of our leather products. We use steel, brass and wood in our weapons.

We have a few antiques in arrrr shop, but almost everything we carry is a modern reproduction.

It has taken many years of searching the 7 seas to find the finest pirate products. We could tell you arrrr secrets, but we would have to kill ye! Remember that dead men tell no tales.

We have videos all over the website that demonstrate how to wear certain pirate garb, such as bandana, sashes, belts, corsets, skirts, etc.

We do have hundreds of photos of customers in arrrr garb, just visit the arrrr customer page.

That be a fine question. We start with research on original patterns from books, paintings and other historical documents, and we look at what other companies are producing. We have found that clothes made and worn 200 years ago are much different than modern clothing. Pants didn’t have pockets, were worn high on the waist, tight around the calf with a big diaper butt so you would not rip out the crotch when riding horses. We find that most modern folk will not buy the original style clothing because it feels unfamiliar, so we make modification to allow you to feel comfortable wearing it.