What's the Key to a Good Pirate Outfit?

i did speleology the whole time i was a ti. I also joined and at one point was president and secretary of the caving club. Mainly, we dress up and go on pup cralls. We didn't actually sign up for our own stall - just stole things from other people's stalls. Did you have a pirate name, like a character name, when you were in pirate mode? No, just me dressed as a pirate. I won the award best dressed pirate one year. What's the key to a good pirate outfit, just flare. Just having some piraty bits. But would you have a parrot or an eye patch, or a inflamable