Aye, if ye be interested in some research links I can list some for ye, even some with tailors and some clothing patterns. Gotta run right now, got some school'n t' get t'; something bout building "Intelligent Homes"...but I can put a list together this weekend.

The GAoP be an elusive era as most tend to go for Ren period (before) or Colonial period (after), so the early 1700's is almost a 'dark age' but there be references out there. One thing that makes true pirates and artists clash be that Hollywood ignores th' true pirate culture; gotta remember that pirates be the first true Democracy and a captian was 'voted' into his position and should the crew feel he was not holding t' their expectations then he could be voted out at any time; with that said, it be true that many a pirate ship was commanded by multiple 'captains' throughout its time on the seven seas, so the average captain did not really have a 'captain's coat' and such, yesterday he was just a crewman, today he be a captain, in th' morn he may just be a crewman again (or killed for not wanting to give up th' title). Also remmeber that a "captain" of a pirate ship really only had 'authority' during a battle, after that, if he wanted to live, he was just an equal with the rest of the men. Pirates did not much care for 'ranks' for that it what most of them where fighting, running, from. And the actual story can be more complicated as 'crews' where assembled in various manor, some very colorful pasts, some kept in the 'family', others, true rouges of the sea. The culture of the true pirates that roamed the seven seas is as colorful as the fantasy that Hollywood protrays them but not in the same light; many a pirate was only a pirate for their former ship was captured by pirates and they where 'pressed' (forced at gun point most often) to join the pirates or die.

Anyway, I have to run now but will assemble a list to some places what cover pirates and their garb. Jack Sparrow; well, while technicaly acurate the problem be "acurate to WHAT era"? For that movie they combined the clothing of pre-GAoP with post-GAoP and mixed in a little colorful fantasy t'boot, but the coat, breeches, vest are all true, just not the proper cut of any one period.

gotta go, cant be tardy....don't want th' tech t' set me adrift - 'n I aint talk'n Tech neither!