Gypsy Costume Ideas

Who can forget Captain Jack Sparrow from "Pirates of the Caribbean"? His unique style of dressing and jewelry are worth a watch in the movie. Undoubtedly he looked the best in the entire cast dressed as a gypsy pirate with an ethnic attire and fantastic makeup. Historically, gypsies are nomadic people from India who migrated to England, trading and moving to many countries. They had a number of laboring skills and mystical skills to tell fortune. They were very well-known for their unique ways of dressing, dancing and musical abilities. Both the men and woman dressed in basic clothes draped around them but what made them so striking and attractive was the styles in which they were worn. Take a look at easy gypsy costume ideas just for you.

Gypsy Costume Patterns

There are many types of patterns that the gypsies wore in the very earlier times but with the places they visited and the trades they made, their styles and dressing changed to quite an extent. Given below is a short description of what the men and women wore along with their accessories and how they made them.

Female Gypsy Costumes

The women wore loose skirts in vibrant shinning colors with a blouse which was gathered and fell off the neck. They wore colorful waistbands and to hide their shabby folds and in jewelry were lots of trinkets, beads, bangles, anklets and rings. They wove beads into their long black hair which used to be held back in a half bun with designed and dyed scarfs as a headgear.

Male Gypsy Costumes

The men also dressed in very basic yet attractive clothes. They wore black or brown breeches which were tight and often made from either cotton or any other material which could dry off easily as they traveled a lot by sea. They wore black boots and a white loose shirt which was gathered at the waist. Over the shirts they had long black or brown vests with gold colored braids at the edges. They even had long colorful scarfs as sashes for the waist and other colorful bandannas for the headgear. Their jewelry consisted of a single golden hoop earring and sometimes beads in their hair.

How to Make a Gypsy Costume

Making a gypsy costume can be fun, especially if you want to dress your kids up in Halloween costumes or for a play in school. As with the information from the above paragraphs, you must have got the various gypsy costume ideas, hence all you need to do is find all such clothes and put them together.

For Girls

To make a girls' gypsy costume can be very easy, to compile all the various parts of the costume or even to stitch it. As they are all separate, it's a better idea to collect all the different parts of the attire and wear them at once to save time and effort.

• For the skirt, try to wear bright colors with many layers in the bottom of the skirt. If you can't find something like that, simple collect colorful strips of fabric and stitch them to the edges to make the frills. If you don't want to stitch, you can wear two skirts of different lengths over each other to give the frilly look.
• Gypsy women wear bloomers or leggings, which are found very easily. Make sure you wear a complete contrast as they look good with bright colors.
• For the blouse, use a white full sleeved top and stitch ruffled lace to its edges and with an elastic tighten the neck to give it a gathered look. Then while wearing it, pull it below one shoulder to make it look more natural.
• Tie a scarf around the hair and add some colorful beads to it. You can braid your hair and then add the beads. It gives a very pretty and trendy look. Wear the waist belt and other jewelry, along with ethnic shoes or footwear.

For Guys

Their gypsy costume ideas are even more fun to make as they get a completely different look after fully dressed.

• For the pants, you can substitute a pair of tight leather pants which are narrow cuts and reach right up till the heel.
• Wear boots in the feet, preferably knee length or a little below the knees. They can be rubber or leather.
• You can use any loose cotton shirts which need to be gathered at the waist either by stitching or wearing a belt. Do not tuck the shirt in as it's supposed to be left loose and outside.
• Wear any scarf or bandanna of your choice as the headgear and weave some beads into the hair. For the golden hoop, you can wear a clip on and other accessories and jewelry will make you look like a real gypsy.

Those were some homemade gypsy costumes for both guys and girls. With these gypsy costume ideas, you're all set to make heads turn with those vibrant costumes.