Allegra Spender reflects on the power of her mother’s legacy before the opening of Zampatti Powerhouse in Sydney.
The Powerhouse Museum called on the public to fill in the gaps for the first retrospective on the late fashion icon.
The former member for North Sydney,who died on Friday at the age of 86,was known as one of the MPs who defended journalist Laurie Oakes against claims of contempt of parliament.
She left her mother’s world of fashion to enter politics like her father. Here,she details how life has changed,and why she’s making paid parental leave a firm focus.
Allegra Spender talks about the causes she is passionate about and how she juggles her demanding new job and family life with three small children.
Sisters Allegra and Bianca Spender are close,but working together in the family business founded by their mother,Carla Zampatti,tested their bond.
Organisers of a Carla Zampatti exhibition are asking the public to help find treasured dresses,bags and her Ford Laser.
As we press cautiously into 2022 after all the pollsters,pundits and epidemiologists failed us last year,CBD once again turns to the woman who can help.
Ultimately,it is Labor or the Coalition who will form government and voters get to pick a side. Protest votes simply outsource that decision to others who will do it for them.
The daughter of eastern suburbs darling-designer Carla Zampatti and former Liberal MP John Spender,Allegra Spender,seems tailor-made to capture the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Wentworth at the next election.
Designer Bianca Spender tells Jane Rocca how losing her mother has shifted her outlook on life,and why the pandemic has shaped her latest collection.