Natasha Oakley

Natasha Oakley (born July 14, 1990) is an Australian Instagram model. She came to prominence with her A Bikini A Day blog, which she founded with friend and business partner Devin Brugman in 2012. Oakley and Brugman went on to launch the retail brand "Monday Swimwear" in 2014.

Early life

Oakley was born and raised in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. She grew up with her mother and lived in Miami with her mother for three years from age 10 and spent two years in Maui, where she met business partner Brugman in 2009, before relocating to Los Angeles to launch her production company, Datreats Productions.

Career

Businesses

In 2012, aged 22, Oakley and her business partner Brugman founded A Bikini A Day as a lifestyle blog that posted a photo of them in a new swimsuit each day.

After gathering a large online following, in 2014, Oakley and Brugman launched their own swimwear brand, Monday Swimwear. New collections are released biannually utilizing a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model. and showcasing healthy rather than overly thin models. The brand later expanded into beachwear, In 2017, Oakley was listed in the US's top athleisure clothing designers by Glamour. As well as producing their clothing lines, the pair also have designed product collaborations with international brands, including Guess, Missguided UK, BikBok, and Wildfox. Vix Swimwear,

Partnerships

Oakley has personally partnered with brands as an ambassador, including American Express Platinum, La Mer, Seafolly Australia, St. Tropez Tan, and Carolina Herrera.

Media

Oakley has been featured on the cover of international magazines, including Cosmopolitan Australia, Cosmopolitan Finland, Women’s Health UK, Women’s Health Germany, Collective Hub, Arcadia Magazine, and Women’s Health Fitness Magazine. Natasha also appeared on 60 Minutes with Peter Stefanovic in August 2017.

Personal life Oakley's mother Lynette Laming was a model including the hostess on the popular television show “Catch us if you can” and whilst representing Australia was in the final 12 of Miss Intercontinental in 1980 held on the Island of Aruba in the Caribbean and Venezuela. Lynette received the title of Miss Photogenic at that Pageant.ref. Australian beauties.blospots.com Her mother is a successful and entrepreneurial property agent, who started her own office Laming Property at 21 years of age in Sydney, Australia and has held major roles in some of Australia’s largest property companies. Frasers Property, C21..(LinkedIn) Natasha was raised by her mother in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and the USA. Her father Guy was an Australian Ironman and a policeman, who then became a Private Investigator for Laming Law. She has an older sister called Samantha (36) and a younger half-sister, Sophia, through her mother. They were married in Capri, Italy in August 2023.