Natasha Esch
Natasha Esch was the president of Wilhelmina Modeling Agency for five years from 1993. She is now an interior designer and the co-founder owner of a shop in Sag Harbor, New York.[1] Since 2010, she has lived in the Hamptons and Park City, Utah, with her husband, Matt Coffin, and their daughter and son.
Early life
[edit]Esch was born in Canada, grew up in Germany, attended a boarding school in Switzerland and studied business at Babson College in the USA.[2][3]
Wilhelmina Modeling Agency
[edit]After graduating, at age 21, her father, Horst-Dieter Esch, a German businessman with interests in the construction industry made her president of the modeling agency Wilhelmina Models that he had purchased in 1989 for around 4 million dollars.[2] Over a five-year period, Esch oversaw management of this worldwide $20 million operation with subsidiaries in Los Angeles, Miami, Paris, Munich and Hamburg. Esch wrote the Wilhelmina Guide to Modeling,[4] Wilhelmina's Modeling & Acting Dictionary[5] and Wilhelmina's World of Child Modeling.[6]
Natasha Esch Design Interiors
[edit]In 1997, Esch moved to the West Coast where she started her own Los Angeles-based interior design firm, Natasha Esch Design Interiors in 1999. She has bought, developed and sold six high-end residential homes located in the Hamptons, West Hollywood, Bel Air and Malibu, California.[citation needed] Her designs were featured in Elle Décor, House Beautiful, House & Garden and Los Angeles Times Magazine. She was also featured in the book Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor.[7]
MONC XIII
[edit]In 2010, Esch and her family moved to The Hamptons where, in 2012, she opened MONC XIII, a retail store in Sag Harbor that sells goods for the home sourced from around the world.[8]
MONC XIII has been featured in Goop,[9] Remodelista,[8] Martha Stewart Living, Elle Décor,[10] Architectural Digest,[11] Hamptons Cottages & Gardens,[12] Dan's Hamptons,[13] Hamptons Magazine and Dujour.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ MONC XIII website
- ^ a b Stein, Jeannine (March 26, 1993). "Natasha Esch's parents wanted to buy her a business she would enjoy..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ Steinhauer, Jennifer (February 2, 1997). "The New Wilhelmina Wears a T-Shirt". New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ Wilhelmina Guide to Modeling
- ^ Wilhelmina's Modeling & Acting Dictionary
- ^ Wilhelmina's World of Child Modeling
- ^ Margaret Russell, Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor, Filipacchi Publishing, 2009 ISBN 1933231602, 9781933231600
- ^ a b Christine Chang Hanway, "A Hamptons Design Shop via LA", Remodelista, July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ^ "Monc XIII", Goop
- ^ [1] [dead link] Elle Decor
- ^ Raul Barreneche, "Natasha Esch Opens a Home-Design Boutique", Architectural Digest, May 31, 2012
- ^ "New Kids on the Block", Cottages and Gardens, June 11, 2012
- ^ [2] Dan's Hamptons
- ^ Chadner Navarro, "Hamptons Home Design Stars", Dujour, n.d.