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English fashion designer and model (born 1966) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Susie Cave (née Bick; born 16 September 1966) is an English fashion designer, entrepreneur, and former model and occasional actress. She co-founded the fashion label The Vampire's Wife.
Susie Bick was born in Cheshire, England, to a diplomat father.[1] She spent her childhood in Malawi and Nigeria, and ran away from boarding school at age 14.[1]
Bick was discovered by photographer Steven Meisel on a flight to New York at age 14.[2]
She modelled for Yohji Yamamoto, Christian Dior, Nina Ricci, Tuscany perfume, Versace and Yves Saint Laurent.[1] She appeared on the covers of French Glamour, Harper's & Queen, Elle UK, and i-D.[1] She modelled for Vivienne Westwood for ten years.[1]
She was the cover model on the Damned's 1985 album Phantasmagoria, photographed by Bob Carlos Clarke.
Bick gave up her modeling career when she met Nick Cave in 1997.[1]
In 2014, Cave co-founded the fashion label The Vampire's Wife with Alex Adamson.[3][4]
Their 'Falconetti' dress was deemed the "dress of the decade" by Vogue.[2] The Vampire's Wife has been described as a "cult favourite" label.[2] Celebrities who have worn the brand include Catherine, Princess of Wales, Princess Beatrice, Princess Sofia, Duchess of Varmland, Kate Moss, Keira Knightley, Florence Welch, Maya Rudolph,[2] Sienna Miller,[3] Ruth Negga, Kirsten Dunst,[5] Alexa Chung, Daisy Lowe,[6] Jenna Coleman,[7] Thandiwe Newton, Zawe Ashton, Rachel Weisz, Margot Robbie, Jennifer Aniston,[8] and Jodie Comer.[9]
In 2024, the brand closed, after the collapse of Matchesfashion, one of their largest stockists.[10]
Bick met Australian musician Nick Cave in 1997; they married in 1999.[1] Their twin sons, Arthur and Earl, were born in London in 2000 and raised in Brighton.[11][12] She appeared on the cover of Cave's 2013 album Push the Sky Away.[13]
On 14 July 2015, when he was 15 years old, Arthur Cave fell from a cliff at Ovingdean, near Brighton, and died from his injuries at Royal Sussex County Hospital later that day.[14] An inquest found that Arthur had taken LSD before the fall and the coroner ruled his death was an accident.[15] The effect of Arthur's death on the Cave family was explored in the 2016 documentary film One More Time with Feeling.[16]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Director | Ref. |
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1992 | Inferno[17] | TV film | Ellen von Unwerth | ||
1994 | Princess Caraboo | Uncredited | Michael Austin | ||
1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Susie Bick | Uncredited | Robert Altman | [2][18] |
1995 | Flirt | Model | Hal Hartley | [18] | |
1997 | Sex & Chocolate[19] | Catwalk model | TV film | Gavin Millar | |
1998 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | Casino | TV film, credited as Suzie Bick | John Maybury | [18] |
1999 | Mad Cows | Sputnick | Sara Sugarman | [18] | |
2011 | Submission | Black belt | Short film | Martina Amati | |
2014 | 20,000 Days on Earth | Herself | Documentary film | Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard | [18] |
2016 | One More Time with Feeling | Herself | Documentary film | Andrew Dominik | [18] |
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