About Tara

Tara Nguyen is the Founder and Creative Director of Tara Sartoria, founded in 2020.

She holds a PhD in Information Systems from Curtin University in Australia and was awarded the Newton International Postdoctoral Fellowship by the British Academy and the Royal Society in the UK.

Her research focused on technology, women's entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation, with fieldwork across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Her work took her to 23 countries consulting for organizations including the United Nations, USAID and the Asian Development Bank.

Tara grew up in Hanoi, near a 1,000-year-old silk village. Her grandmother's most prized possessions were silk garments that she wore and kept for decades. Tara Sartoria grew from those two parts of her life: Vietnamese silk craft and years spent studying how business can create economic opportunity for women.

Tara Sartoria garments are made one piece at a time by master artisans in Vietnam's historic silk villages. The silk is 27 momme mulberry silk of Grade 6A equivalent quality, woven on heritage looms. They are finished with French seams, machine washable on a delicate cycle, and available in sizes XS-4XL. 10% of profits fund women's education and entrepreneurship. Tara Sartoria has been featured by Oprah Daily, FashionBeans and GQ Australia.