Aubri Ibrag Makes Noteworthy U.S. Debut in The Buccaneers

Not surprisingly, we’ve found ourselves invested in another corset drama. Can you really blame us, though? The romantic storylines, fancy balls, and beautiful costuming make for a guilty pleasure simply too good to resist. The latest in a series of enticing period pieces sweeping us off our feet is The Buccaneers from Apple TV+. Based on the unfinished novel by Edith Wharton and set in 1872, the show follows a close-knit group of socialites from New York who enter London’s polite society in search of husbands and titles. The eight-part series has it all—Anglo-American culture clash, a complicated love triangle, and a female-centric soundtrack featuring the likes of Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo. Perhaps most importantly, it has a fantastic cast made up of Hollywood’s brightest young stars, which you know we love here at Who What Wear.

For newcomer Aubri Ibrag, it was a dream project that couldn’t have come at a better time. Having just signed with an American agent after wrapping the Australian series Dive Club, she had her sights set on doing a period piece next. Traveling to Los Angeles by wave of Sydney, Ibrag was sent the script for The Buccaneers. “I feel like I manifested it in a sense,” Ibrag told us via Zoom last month. At the time, Ibrag was in the midst of a full-on fixation phase where all she could talk and think about were period dramas. There were no questions. She had to book this.