Pirate my closet

After the hubbub of the 1970's, the '80's arrived and so did the New Romantics with the 90’s, things are going change because Pirates are back!

For this winter, many designers have fallen in love with a life on the ocean wave. It is a traditional summer theme usually, but the biggest names of fashion are going to pirate our winter in producing trendy women clothing and accessories. Some designers plundered the closets of pirates to inspire their summer collections; others navigated the more glamorous shores of a 70’s St. Tropez.

At Sonia Rykiel a ‘Parisian pirates of the Caribbean’ theme was played out in her show titled ‘legend’.

Gypsy pirate models swaggered in hip swaying skirts, striped pirate sweaters and enormous floppy hats. Tops were strewn with gold coins and other treasures came in the form of mother of pearl bangles and crystal-studded belts.

Vivienne Westwood delved deeper into the archives of fashion and found her 19th Century influence and 'Pirates' was her first collection. Very theatrical designs and irregular cuts gave this collection an impressive silhouette. March 1981 saw McLaren and Westwood's first catwalk show, the Pirate collection shown at Olympia, London.
She is back today, at her best, with a new collection Anglomania collection featuring the infamous Pirate Boots, Melissa Shoes and gorgeous jackets.

As she explained: "it's so important to look to the past. Because people did have taste, and they did have ideals of excellence, and those things are not going to come unless people look at the past."

Size zero Somali chic may be this season’s catwalk look, but pirates are strict adherents to the flip-flop and burlap sack school, which is not going to help them to find any friends in Paris or Milan this season.