Unlike other pirate stores operated by landlubbers, we are fully staffed by buccaneers who talk, dress, drink n' fight like pyrates. Tiger Lee be the Captain of this scurvy krewe, Gypsy the Purser be the keeper of the books, Billy Bobbin be the design manager. Lazar the Razor be the leather maker. Devil May Come be in charge of shipping n' the store.
Tiger Lee of the South China Sea be a pirate at heart. Once the only full time professional pirate photographer in the world, he shot more pirates than the British Royal Navy.
After traveling the New World fer 12 years vending at over 150 pirate related events, he searched the southeastern seaboard n' Caribbean fer a permanent studio to set up. He first set down in St Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in this fine country, got established with the pirate community in Florida, before moving to Tampa. Here Pirate Fashions became the largest pirate store in the world that sells authentic pirate garb.
After over two decades of bringing piracy to the masses, Tiger set up his grand retirement plan. He be spendin' the next chapter of his life abroad in the Azores, where he has set up a longevity-centered community fer seniors in a gorgeous 100 year old villa.
Devil May Come (Devin McCabe) be a native La Floridia artist. She long developed an interest in costuming through years of attending renfaires, pirate festivals n' conventions as a teen.
Her interest in history heavily informed her hobbies, spending time at smith shops, learning to fence, n' even at one point training as a combatant fer the Sarasota Medieval Faire.
A dedicated krewe member since 2019, Devil worked her way from shop girl, to leather manager, to floor manager, and now runs the store in Tigers stead.
Billy Bobbin (Alex Kelly) be a strange bog witch who washed up on our docks one day n' ended up staying n' becoming our Head Sewing Wench. She be a native born northern Floridian, where a passion fer the sea n' piracy comes naturally. She learned her sewing skills from her crafty mother n' has a love fer historical movies n' costumes. She came to us in 2018, where her desire to make stuff lead her to Pirate Fashions, where she now heads the production n' design on much of the fine garments ye can find here.
Lazar the Razor (Lazar Janus) hails from one of the 13 original colonies of the new world, New Jersey. He enjoys working with his hands, so he be assigned to make all the leather goods fer the company. He’s a natural born fighter, versed in both the pugilistic arts as well as swordplay, after receiving lessons in the latter from Captain Tiger Lee himself, arrrrgh. After his failed attempt to earn a History Major degree, he turned to piracy to make his own history. When not at the shop, Lazar seeks to embody his personal motto of “Mild n’ Free” by kicking back n’ relaxing.
Gypsy the Purser (Laurana Atwood) answered an ad fer a costume maker in Aug 2010 when we were still in St Augustine. She was a military brat, raised in Alaska fishing salmon n' dog sledding. One of her past sports be skydiving with over 300 jumps. She spent many years as an accountant in the corporate world before she found her calling making costumes for DragonCon attendees. Gypsy n' her husband owned a custom cabinet n' countertop shop in a 15,000 sq ft shop with 16 employees until the housing crash of 2008 forced them to close shop. Down on her luck, she took to piracy, n' be very happy keeping track of arrrrr treasure.