Yarrr!! I wants to be a pirate!

[chrisvenus]

In about a month my work christmas event is happening and its dress code is "Hollywood" - anything relating to it, characters, actors, etc. I have considered, after some prompting by others, the possibilities of Captain Jack Sparrow, everybody's favourite pirate of the caribbean.

The problem is I have no costume that is suitable for this and no ability to make it and no desire to pay for it. And this is where I turn to my many LJ friends. Vast numbers of you are roleplayers or dress up for a variety of other reasons including BECAUSE ITS COOL!

You can see where this is goign can't you? Does anybody have any piratical and specifically captain jackish costume they can lend me? I will happily shell out drinks in gratitude and come collect things though there is of course the practicality of how close to home you are as to whether borrowing is really practical.

Help me, LJ, you are my only hope.


P.S. Pictures will be made available if I do this costume. :)

Comments

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Considering you're almost twice as tall as me, I see a problem. My kit isn't very Cap'n Jack, anyway, more generically pirate.

[chrisvenus]

:) To be fair you're also too far away to make borrowing too practical. :)

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

Erm, i have a very nice coat thing which is (kinda) rightish, though no idea how it'd get to you...when you need it for?

[chrisvenus]

15th December is when our christmas thing is so the answer is pretty much "before that". The sooner the better though really. Are there any pics of it around anywhere?

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

http://www.lrpstore.com/Costume/Clothing/Cloaks---Robes---Hoods---Coats/Heavy-Brocade-Frock-Coat/p-13-15-16-102/

Its that one :D

I have fake (black) boot tops too, which might be helpful. No tricorn, but have an old leather drovers hat i intend to (kinda) turn into one. Unlikely (ie, not going to happen) to be getting down to Oxford before Sunday 17th, erm, so not sure how helpful that is.

[kievala.livejournal.com]

Is it the coat I currently have? If not bring it up to Glasgow (if you can make it after all, hope so) and I'll bring it down to London?

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

It is, yes. Sadly that sentance doesn't make sense - are you saying you could get it to Chris?

[innokenti.livejournal.com]

Well, I could lend you my 19th century-style shirt and the red sash I have. Though I'm thinking the shirt may be a teeeensy bit too big, I shall show it to you at some opportune moment. I may also have somewhere, somewhere somewhere these things that you have over your shoes that make it look like you're wearing piratey boots when you in fact are not.

Indeed.

[chrisvenus]

Oooh... I'd be interested in seeing whatever bits and pieces you may have. Cheers dude. :)

[innokenti.livejournal.com]

Please please please Chris rephrase that.



Or don't.


Will be happy to show you my bits and pieces.

[chrisvenus]

Please, kind sir, show me whatever pieces of costume you have that might aid me in assembling the costume that I want.

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

Oh aye, i have shirt[s] which might be appropriate - and a gold/yellow waist sash which might help. Also a couple of long waistcoats one of which might work.

I'm a little more expansive of belly though ;)

Its the hair/beard you're going to need though.

[innokenti.livejournal.com]

I live being refered to as kind sir.

Makes me feel dignified and so on... :D

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

I have a rather lovely tricorn + feathers you can borrow.

[jakemalone.livejournal.com]

Im all out of piratical clothes Im afraid, although Im looking foward to seeing the pictures...

[mippy.livejournal.com]

"The problem is I have no costume that is suitable for this and no ability to make it and no desire to pay for it."

Which suggests you can afford to, right?

[chrisvenus]

Potentially, yes. I have no idea how much this would set me back though.

[mippy.livejournal.com]

If you can afford to do it, raiding friends' wardrobes is a bit off. PLUS if you're going vintage there's a very high chance you will find nothing to fit you. I do not, ever, lend my vintage costuming out because the chances of finding something similar to fit a 2000s figure is about as slim as my bank balance is right now.

[chrisvenus]

Ummm... no, really it isn't. My friends are largely roleplayers who have big bucketloads of costume that they've picked up dirt cheap from charity shops and other such places. I'm not going to go and spend a hundred quid on a costume to be worn for one night if I have friends that are willing to lend me stuff. Its not like I'm forcing anybody and I know that a lot of my friends do have piratical kit that I will be quite understanding if they don't want to lend to me.

If I guilt tripped people into giving me their prized family heirloom, genuine pirate costume warn back in the day then yeah, that'd be off. Asking for willing loans though is something I consider perfectly acceptible with friends.

[mippy.livejournal.com]

Ah, only a fool would spend £100 on a costume. A fool, or someone who has no real idea of the cost of living :)

If you can't borrow, get down to Primark, get a striped tee, and a skull scarf from Topshop or Claire's Accessories to wear as a bandana. The other kit'll be found on eBay.

[monarda-if.livejournal.com]

All I have is the stuff you borrowed for your yachting adventure. You're welcome to it again but it sounds like you've had some much more impressive offers!