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
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 agencyWilhelmina 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
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
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]