Carla Zampatti, an icon who defined power dressing

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As a working mother in the 1970s, Zampatti felt like an outsider. In fact, she was a trailblazer, helping women find their power through dress. CarlaZampatti

Carla Zampatti, photographed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in 2015.In the five or so years since our first meeting, we would have many conversations, Carla occasionally veering off-script to dispense some advice on life and love. I’m so glad I still have many recordings of those interviews saved on my phone. I’m pretty sure last year she gently cautioned me not to leave having children too long, as only an Italian mother could.to mark her 55th anniversary in business.

In true form, Carla never wore anyone else's clothes, trying on her own samples to ensure she could, quite literally, walk in her customers' shoes. She knew the women who invested in her clothes could get in and out of a car with ease, or put a bag in an overhead locker without straining a seam.But, more than the clothes, Carla pioneered what it meant to be a working mother in 1970s’ Australia when such a thing was still a rarity, much less one who was single at the time .

 

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