Why Is Pirate Clothing Bad

Pirate Clothing can get ruined very quickly or is already ruined because of all of the stuff they do. Most of the pirate clothing was made through a necessity and befitted of a pirate seaman. Many pirate were recruited by unemployed seaman. There was enough work for a fighting sailor during the times of war but during peacetime the seaman turned to a life of piracy. In the year of 1628 the British Admiralty created sailor clothing (which were called slop’s) that were to be worn by men who had been press-ganged. This type of clothing consisted of canvas doublet and breeches, knitted caps called Monmouth caps, cotton waistcoats and drawers,stockings, linen shirts and shoes. A lot of this clothing was adopted by seaman who turned to a life of a pirate. There was a law called the Elizabethan Sumptuary law which dictated the color of clothing and the
Motley was a multi-colored fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England. The clothing of pirates were mismatched with multi-colors hence the expression ‘Motley Crew’. Many tasks performed by pirates were extremely arduous making the clothes easy to be ripped, tattered and torn. The pirate clothing for regular seamen was tight fitting. Loose fitting clothes can be dangerous when performing tasks like climbing and rigging. The clothing of the captain did not have any requirments. The fabrics in pirate clothing depends on how wealthy they were and what had been stolen. But there were basically no rules. The usual fabrics used for clothing was canvas, leather, wool, linen, cotton and sheepskin. The fabrics and materials for on shore pirates or by the Pirate Captain were far more expensive. The colors of pirate clothing are colors that have been banned by the Elizabethan Sumptuary laws. Crimson, violet, purple and deep blue are the colors that have been banned for anyone but the Upper