Taylor jokes that being Blackbeard — aka Ed Teach — for Halloween is "80 percent attitude," adding, "You just gotta hone in Blackbeard's little smartass ways, and you're set." But for his costume at the start of the season, Taylor says they went with this "real beautiful ode to 'Mad Max' in his look" and in the look of his crew.
To make his costume, Taylor says, "if you are lucky enough to find a leather jacket, leather pants, you're winning." However, anything all-black will do, too, since wet leather doesn't even look like leather. The important part is to get the silhouette, and then you can add hardware, rings, and belts to make it look more intense. Taylor suggests that you could also make the collar, shoulder pads, or other parts of Blackbeard's jacket using cardboard or EVA foam.
