A champion of Australian women and a multicultural success story, she continued to thrive as a businesswoman through enormous radical and social change, designing clothes for women fighting for liberation through the women's rights movement in the s to empowering women today in leadership, the workplace, in their home and at major life events.
She went on to expand her retail network to create a chain of boutiques across Australia and New Zealand and her clothes are truly considered a distinctive part of modern Australian lifestyle. Her designs have been worn by Australia's most influential women from Prime Ministers and Premiers to business leaders, dignitaries, award-winning journalists, royalty and celebrities.
She is also the proud Nonna of nine grandchildren. Her family is very grateful for the support and for the excellent care from the team at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney. Sign In. Edit Carla Zampatti. Showing all 7 items. Beloved by many, she was remembered Saturday as a trailblazer and inspiration, as well as a fashion icon, a friend and mentor. Carla Zampatti and husband John Spender, federal shadow attorney-general in Credit: Anthony Willis.
Quentin Bryce and Carla Zampatti in February Credit: Louise Kennerley. Zampatti was born in northern Italy, where a visit to a dressmaker sparked her interest in fashion. At the age of nine, she migrated to Western Australia.
At 19, she moved to Sydney to pursue her career. In Sydney, she met and married her first husband, Leo Schuman, and in , launched her first fashion collection with her husband as a partner in the business. The demise of her marriage in meant she lost her factory - but she kept the rights to her name and with that, and a loan from a family member, was able to re-launch.
She married politician and diplomat John Spender in , having two more children and three decades together until their divorce. His full name was Helen Maxine Reddy. She had Italian nationality and Australian citizenship. She launched her first perfume in and in was named an Australia Post Australian Legend. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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