Carla Zampatti Biography
Carla Maria born Carla Maria Zampatti AC,OMRI is an Italian-Australian fashion designer and businesswoman. Currently she is the Executive Chairman of Carla Zampatti Pty Ltd. Carla is also a board member of the Australian Multicultural Foundation, the European Australian Business Council, Sydney Dance Company, MCA Foundation and UTS V-C’s Industry Advisory Board.
Carla Zampatti Age
Carla was born on 19 May 1942 in Lovero, Italy. She is 77 years old as of 2019.
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Carla was born in Lovero, Italy, Zampatti and settled with her family in Australia in 1950. She has been married twice. She married her first husband Leo Schuman in 1964 and they divorced in 1970. Carla’s second husband was politician John Spender whom she married in 1975 until they separated in 2008 and divorced in 2010. From the two marriages Carla has three children: Alex Schuman, Allegra Spender (Managing Director, Carla Zampatti), and Bianca Spender (designer).Carla and her daughter Bianca Spender also an elite fashion designer in her own right.
Carla Zampatti’s Italian heritage has informed all parts of the fashion maven’s life: her appreciation of design, respect for tradition and passion for family.
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Carla’s eyewear aims to make women feel beautiful in their glasses, giving them the confidence to take on any role and be excited for their possibilities. A beautiful expression of understated elegance and glamour, the collection has been designed with the woman at the centre. Her glasses start from just $199, including standard single-vision lenses.
Carla Zampatti Designs
As one of Australia’s most influential fashion designers, Carla creates high end designer fashion with a distinct signature style.
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In Sydney in the 1970s Carla rose to become one of the country’s most respected names in the Australian fashion industry.
Carla produced her first small collection for Zampatti Pty Limited in 1965, followed by a national launch two years later, and in 1970, by the establishment of Carla Zampatti Limited. In 1972 she opened her first boutique in Surry Hills, Sydney Australia. Over the next three years the Mosman, Double Bay and Elizabeth Street Sydney boutiques were opened, growing the Carla Zampatti Pty Ltd company to create a chain of 30 Carla Zampatti boutiques and concept stores across Australia. With the growth of the label, Carla moved into David Jones in 1990 and Myer stores in 1992. Australian singer of Italian descent, Tina Arena, is known to wear her pieces, as are other Australian icons Princess Mary of Denmark, Dannii Minogue, Delta Goodrem and Ita Buttrose.
Carla became one of the first Australian designers to introduce swimwear into her collection in 1973. Expanding into other areas of fashion, Carla was commissioned to create the first designer eyewear of Polaroid’s range.
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Carla launched her first perfume, ‘Carla’ in 1983. It was a success, and in 1987 she released a second, ‘Bellezza’.
In partnership with Ford Australia, she was asked to redesign a car especially for the women’s market. Carla’s first Laser, produced in 1985, and was followed with a collection of Lasers and Meteors two years later.
Carla has been recognized with numerous Australian and international awards for achievement and excellence. She is a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), was a Bulletin/Qantas Businesswoman of the Year, and the fashion industry of Australia named her Designer of the Year in 1994. The Italian government appointed Zampatti Commendatore (Commander) in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2004.
Carla was honoured by Australia Post, and named a 2005 Australia Post Australian Legend in January 2005 . This award is announced annually in the lead-up to Australia Day, and its recipients are individually featured on a postage stamp. Later Carla designed the new Australia Post corporate wear, launched in October 2007.
in August 2008 the Australian Fashion Laureate Award was given to Carla. This award is polled by members of the industry, an initiative of the New South Wales Government and IMG Fashion. It recognizes outstanding achievement and is the highest honour in the Australian fashion industry.
Carla has also held a number of directorships, including Chairman of the SBS Corporation, a director of the Westfield Group and a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Currently she divides her time between her business commitments here and overseas, her public engagements and her other directorships. Her designs have been worn by several Australian celebrities including Dannii Minogue.
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Carla’s intuitive play on Italian romance and Australian pragmatism feels intrinsic to the award-winning designer’s world. From how she chooses to live to who she is as a person. Carla is svelte, sophisticated and characteristically chic in her tinted black glasses and trademark blonde bob. However, with an endearing warmth and underlying strength of character that may perhaps stem from her country upbringing and a backstory that can only be described as pioneering.
- Zampatti was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1987 Australia Day honours, for service to the fashion industry as a designer and manufacturer. She was raised to Companion level in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 2009.
- She received the Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to Australian society in business leadership.
- The Government of Italy made her a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
- In 2005, she was honoured on a commemorative Australian postage stamp, along with other Australian fashion designers, Prue Acton, Jenny Bannister, Collette Dinnigan, Akira Isogawa and Joe Saba.
- The Australian Fashion Laureate was awarded to Carla in August 2008
Carla Zampatti Net Worth
Carla is a Fashion Designer who has an estimated net worth of $16 Million.