Photography: Domain / Instagram via @tashoakley
The glamorous co-founder of Monday Swimwear, Natasha Oakley, is a homegrown success story. The Aussie-born entrepreneur launched the beachwear business with her LA-based best friend Devin Brugman in 2014 and it’s taken off internationally.
After many years living overseas, Natasha is returning to her roots and building a family home in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. The entrepreneur has been sharing updates on the renovation of the 1950s Bellevue Hill villa she shares with husband Theo Chambers, son of Chambers Cellars founder Steven Chambers.
“A little gathering at our new family home before demolition starts!” Natasha shared on Instagram at the end of 2023.
The couple reportedly secured the place for $17 million through Ray White’s Ashley Bierman and it came with approval for a $2.2 million development. The redesign is being guided by Weir Phillips Architects and Phoebe Nicol Interior Architecture.
The home has been stripped back to the bare bones, with Tash sharing footage in a March 2024 video. “Our weekly visit to our construction site,” she said. “The lower level walls are officially up!”
It’s been an involved process but Natasha is no stranger to large projects. She’s also co-founder of The Pilates Class, alongside Jacqui Kingswell and is very involved in every aspect of her businesses, from design to marketing and future direction. It appears she’s just as hands-on with her new home.
“A lot of people don’t even know that I’m the CEO of my brands,” Natasha told The Him & Her Show podcast in 2024. “I grew up watching both of my parents as entrepreneurs. I never had any disillusions as to what’s involved in running your own business.”
Those hearing Natasha’s Aussie-American accent for the first time might ask, ‘Where is Natasha Oakley from?’ She was raised in Australia by her private investigator dad and real-estate agent mum before they separated when she was five.
At the age of 10, Natasha moved to Miami before a stint back in Australia. Aged 19, she headed to Hawaii on her own, where she befriended her Monday Swimwear co-founder Devin Brugman.
She’s lived all over the world, but Natasha’s now settling back on Aussie shores. “I never thought I’d move back to Sydney but my husband has made me fall back in love and appreciate it,” she shared on The Him and Her Show. “It really is an amazing city.”
The couple’s home is shaping up to be spectacular, helped along by a healthy budget. The businesswoman is believed to be worth around $128 million, with Monday Swimwear selling more than 500,000 units of beachwear every year. In 2024, the 34-year-old came in at number 44 on the Australian Financial Review Young Rich List.
While Tash knows business, her husband Theo is at home in the building world. He co-founded Shore Financial brokerage in 2013, which does $300 million in monthly home loan applications. “If Theo wasn’t so knowledgeable about building, I probably never would have done this. It’s a really big undertaking,” Natasha shared.
“It involves so much work, constant meetings, constant decisions. There are little setbacks along the way. I know it will be so worth it but it really is quite the process.”
If renders of the gym design are anything to go by, this home is going to be spectacular. We can’t wait to see how it turns out.
