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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Georgina Safe

‘Significant in the lives of so many women’: Carla Zampatti retrospective crowdsources a legacy

Vintage Carla Zampatti designs.
‘There was a gap in Carla’s archives,’ says Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah as the museum prepares to open a Zampatti retrospective. Composite: Zampatti Archives

Museums don’t typically employ crowdsourcing to assemble their exhibitions, but when it came to curating a Carla Zampatti show, Lisa Havilah knew it was the answer.

“There was a gap in Carla’s archives when we began sourcing garments from the 60s, 70s and 80s, so we decided to reach out to women across Australia to find work from her early collections,” says Havilah, the chief executive of Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum.

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