After 16 years of outfitting the swashbucklers of Tampa, Pirate Fashions is closing this month. The costume shop at 4006 W Cayuga St., long a staple with the Gasparilla crowd, is going out with cannon ...

It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours for Captain Tiger Lee. On Wednesday, the owner of Pirate Fashions announced in a mournful (yet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pirate ship figurehead is pictured in the foreground as a customer shops for accessories at Pirate Fashions in 2022. Owner Tiger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Captain Tiger Lee, the owner of Pirate Fashions, 4006 W Cayuga St., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Tampa. ©Dirk Shadd It’s been a ...

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A colder weekend forecast is changing what shoppers buy before Gasparilla. Pirate Fashions and South Tampa Trading Company have been booming with business all week leading up to the pirate invasion.