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Carla Zampatti

'Frescoes, feminism and fashion'
Portrait story

Carla discusses her decision, at age six, to become a fashion designer and the subsequent evolution of her career.

Carla Zampatti

Carla Zampatti

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 2019

Carla Zampatti
Carla Zampatti
Carla Zampatti

Carla Zampatti, 2015

Georges Antoni
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Jenny Kee, 2015 Carla Fletcher

Jenny Kee

Carla Fletcher
Image
Twin Souls, Linda Jackson, 2016 Carla Fletcher

Twin Souls, Linda Jackson

Carla Fletcher
Image
Carla Zampatti

Vale Carla Zampatti AC

3 April 2021
Archived media releases 2021

The National Portrait Gallery is deeply saddened by the news of the untimely death of Carla Zampatti AC, an Australian icon and a woman who contributed so significantly to defining the identity and style of Australian women.

Layne Beachley

Collection: Icons

Volume One
Previous exhibition, 2018

When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.

Portait 65

Portrait 65

Autumn/Winter 2021
Magazine

Hugh Ramsay, the fashion of Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, Peter Wegner's centenarian series, John and Elizabeth Gould's family connections, Karen Quinlan's top five portraits and more.

Jenny Kee, 2015 Carla Fletcher

Twin chics

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2021

Joanna Gilmour on the exuberant union of fashion pioneers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, captured in luminescent splendour by artist Carla Fletcher.

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