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"Piracy had a tradition of cross-dressing and effeminacy, and the pirates of the Caribbean West Indies were famed for being dandies who adored ornate, satirical, unconventional dress. Male pirates loved strutting in 'feathered hats, wigs, silk stockings, ribbons, and other garments'. Dressing up was an essential part of pirate behaviour, a factor which worked to the advantage of the many women who cross-dressed as pirates, such as Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the duo whose nefarious exploits were recorded by Daniel Defoe in his A General History of the Pyrates."
--- Rachel Holmes, Scanty Particulars.