Sydney state funeral details for fashion designer Carla Zampatti
The state funeral for Australian fashion icon Carla Zampatti will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney next week.
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The state funeral for Australian fashion icon Carla Zampatti will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney next week.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Ms Zampatti was a trailblazer in every aspect and a role model for generations of Australians in a statement announcing details of the memorial.
The funeral will be start at 10.30am on Thursday and will be live-streamed.
Doors will be opened at 9.30am and guests will need to be seated by 10.15am. The general public are welcome to attend.
The iconic fashion designer died at around 10am Saturday morning after spending the week prior in a coma.
She had never regained consciousness after falling from stairs at the Opera Australia performance of La Traviata at Mrs Macquarie’s Point.
An eyewitness said Zampatti appeared to be “out cold on the ground for quite a long time” following the fall, which occurred as people left at the end of the show.
Zampatti’s former neighbour and veteran broadcaster Kerri-Anne Kennerley told The Telegraph the fashion icon had been frail “for a long time”.
“Carla has been quite frail for a long time, she was so tiny. I’m assuming when she fell, she hit her head very badly and eventually that’s led to her demise which is a terrible thing. I think she cracked her head and neck, at the age and stage you just don’t recover,” she said.
Ms Zampatti was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987 for service to the fashion industry as a designer and manufacturer. She was also made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2009 for her service through leadership and management roles in the fashion and retail property sectors, multicultural broadcasting, and as a role model and mentor to women.
In 1980 Ms Zampatti was Australian Businesswoman of the Year. And in 2008 she was awarded the Australian Fashion Laureate Award, an initiative of the NSW Government and IMG Fashion, which is the highest honour in the Australian fashion industry.
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