pirate shirts

Billowy corsair garments

A pirate shirt is a loose, billowy garment with a deep V-neck, lace-up front, and voluminous sleeves gathered at the wrists.

The style evokes romanticized images of 17th- and 18th-century seafarers and appears in costume shops, Renaissance fairs, and historical fiction.

The term gained pop-culture traction from a 1993 *Seinfeld* episode in which Jerry reluctantly wears one on television: But I don't want to be a pirate!

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G