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My Life, My Look
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The compelling story behind a fascinating Australian legend - fashion designer Carla Zampatti.
Carla Zampatti is an enduring Australian fashion icon. In 2015, in a remarkable feat of longevity, she celebrated the 50th anniversary of her fashion house in Australia. Despite the fact that so many of us have grown up with Carla Zampatti - loving, coveting, and wearing her elegant, beautiful designs - very few of us know the private woman behind the brand. And yet it is a compelling, fascinating, and ultimately moving story of one woman's determination, ambition, resilience, and dreams.
Carla was only five when her mother took her to visit the dressmaker in her local small town in Lombardy, Italy. It was then, in a sudden flash of inspiration, that she knew she would become a fashion designer. She was a feisty little girl who had two older brothers - she would run after them up the mountains on their adventures, while they called to her, 'Dai, Carla, e possible farlo,' come on Carla, you can do it! She never lost that spirit of determination, even when, as an eight-year-old with no English, her family moved across the world to a tiny speck of a town in Western Australia, a place where her dreams of becoming a designer seemed almost out of reach...
A household name, a true Australian legend, and an inspiring woman - this is Carla Zampatti, and this is her story.
βIt was Zampatti's enormous drive, flair, and independence of mind that enabled her to become one of Australia's top fashion designers. In a market saturated with mediocre celebrity autobiographies, it's refreshing to find one that is well-written and down to earth' Sydney Morning Herald
'Carla's story is one of drive and determination, and well worth reading' Brisbane News
'From Australia's fashion iconoclast, you won't be able to put this tale of ambition down' Cosmopolitan
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780732299293
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 May 2016
Country: Australia
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 457g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Carla Zampatti opened her first boutique in 1972 in Sydney and over the years, she has build up a national chain of 30 Carla Zampatti boutiques and concept stores across Australia. Nominated as Australian Fashion Laureate in August 2008, Carla Zampatti is also a Companion of the Order of Australia, was a Bulletin/Qantas Businesswoman of the Year, and in 1994 was named by the fashion industry of Australia as Designer of the Year. In 2004, the Italian government appointed Zampatti Commendatore (Commander) in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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