Be Who I Want, Create What I Want: Tiara Bree Cosplay Interview

Aaaaaaaaand we’re back with our cosplayer interviews! First up for 2022 is going to highlight Tiara Bree Cosplay. You may have seen her posts shared all around Twitter and Instagram. Her Mitsuri Kanroji cosplay from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba came across my feed and I lost my shit. The entire photoset was so beautiful. She did such a fantastic job modeling this character. If you want to be blown away, please make sure you take time to check out those photos. The awesome work cosplayers and photographers do when they collaborate continues to rock my world. I am so excited that I was given the opportunity to interview the artist behind it, so please enjoy!

Oona: Please tell us about yourself! What’s your origin story and how has your Hero’s Journey been so far? Tiara Bree: I started cosplay randomly! A friend of mine was giving away sais, and I was like, “oooo weapons, I’ll take em!” He mentioned Dragon Con, explained it, and it sounded interesting. At that point, I had to find a character that used sais, so I could go! That’s when my Mileena was born. My first ever cosplay! After that, I didn’t do much since I was still working and didn’t know much about it. I posted those Dragon Con photos to socials and somehow got hacked in April 2020. I made a new Instagram and the rest was history. Someone commissioned me to cosplay Oola [from Star Wars], and that cosplay went viral. My following grew, and I was like, let me really give this a shot! It’s been such an exciting journey…