Pirate Love (garb, that is)
May. 14th, 2008 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bea_deans_girlA little over two weeks ago, I rolled the dice and ordered some pirate garb from:
http://www.dresslikeapirate.com/scart/index.php
I paid for priority mail shipping and my pants and shirt arrived by the end of the week.
Tore open the package, pulled out the pants and discovered, much to my surprise, the seams were all nicely finished. The fabric, a nice rayon, was soft.
Tried on the clothes and discovered that the pants were miles and miles and miles too big. A quick e-mail off to the vendor was promptly answered Monday morning. Via e-mail we discussed my options for getting new pants quickly (I wanted them for GARF and the Con). Decided my best option would be a new order of pants, and the vendor would send a prepaid return envelope in that package (I offered to send them back on my own dime because I wanted to expidite the process).
I ordered the pants (and another shirt-- this one purple). They arrived today.
Today. Can you believe it?? The nice folks at Dress Like a Pirate kept an eye out for my order and processed it with amazing speed.
Tried on pants-- they fit fine (plenty loose but not in danger of slipping down to my knees when I walk). Purple Pirate Shirt o'Doom? Gorgeous! Seriously. I am in love with this shirt (although I will admit that it's going to spend time with my seam ripper to provide a bit more "cleavage factor" for faire.
The sizes are generously cut, the clothing is well made, the prices are reasonable (less that $120 for the shirt & pants, including the more pricey shipping option) and the staff is WONDERFUL!.
Go. Look. Buy.
note: some, although not all, of the pirate garb I looked at was made of rayon. It's not the nasty, cheap, cheesy rayon, but a soft, breathable verra nice stuff. Some pirate clothing is made of cotton, so if that's your thing, I suggest checking out the pro series pirate clothes--- and much/most of the non-pirate garb is cotton. The vendor doesn't hide which fabric is used in the garmet.
This concludes today's PSA.
http://www.dresslikeapirate.com/scart/index.php
I paid for priority mail shipping and my pants and shirt arrived by the end of the week.
Tore open the package, pulled out the pants and discovered, much to my surprise, the seams were all nicely finished. The fabric, a nice rayon, was soft.
Tried on the clothes and discovered that the pants were miles and miles and miles too big. A quick e-mail off to the vendor was promptly answered Monday morning. Via e-mail we discussed my options for getting new pants quickly (I wanted them for GARF and the Con). Decided my best option would be a new order of pants, and the vendor would send a prepaid return envelope in that package (I offered to send them back on my own dime because I wanted to expidite the process).
I ordered the pants (and another shirt-- this one purple). They arrived today.
Today. Can you believe it?? The nice folks at Dress Like a Pirate kept an eye out for my order and processed it with amazing speed.
Tried on pants-- they fit fine (plenty loose but not in danger of slipping down to my knees when I walk). Purple Pirate Shirt o'Doom? Gorgeous! Seriously. I am in love with this shirt (although I will admit that it's going to spend time with my seam ripper to provide a bit more "cleavage factor" for faire.
The sizes are generously cut, the clothing is well made, the prices are reasonable (less that $120 for the shirt & pants, including the more pricey shipping option) and the staff is WONDERFUL!.
Go. Look. Buy.
note: some, although not all, of the pirate garb I looked at was made of rayon. It's not the nasty, cheap, cheesy rayon, but a soft, breathable verra nice stuff. Some pirate clothing is made of cotton, so if that's your thing, I suggest checking out the pro series pirate clothes--- and much/most of the non-pirate garb is cotton. The vendor doesn't hide which fabric is used in the garmet.
This concludes today's PSA.
