Blackbeard's Smoke Machine ~ Garment Dyed Crewneck

Special Effects Budget ~ One Hat ~ Several Fuses

According to a 1724 account, Blackbeard went into battle with lit slow burning fuses tucked under his hat, so that smoke curled around his face while he boarded. That is the only source for it, which makes it a legend with excellent production values. True or not, it is the entrance every villain since has been chasing.

• For the one who understands an entrance: Buy it for the friend who times her arrival at parties, the metal fan who thinks fog is a food group, and anyone who has ever owned a cape unironically.
• Sourcing, thin: One writer, one book, three hundred years of smoke, and nobody can prove he did not.
• Smoldering in: Part of Pirate History & Legends, where the legend side gets its due and its disclaimer.

Every crew has that one sweatshirt that ends up on every voyage, and this is the one ~ a Comfort Colors garment-dyed crewneck with a cotton face over cozy fleece, a relaxed fit with a rolled-forward shoulder and that broken-in feel from the very first wear ~ made for bonfires on the beach, chilly harbor mornings and plotting the next adventure