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Susie Cave

Susie Cave

English fashion designer and model (born 1966)

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.

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Early life

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]

Modelling career

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 modelling career when she met Nick Cave in 1997.[1]

The Vampire's Wife

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]

Personal life

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.[10][11] She appeared on the cover of Cave's 2013 album Push the Sky Away.[12]

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.[13] An inquest found that Arthur had taken LSD before the fall and the coroner ruled his death was an accident.[14] The effect of Arthur's death on the Cave family was explored in the 2016 documentary film One More Time with Feeling.[15]

Filmography

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References

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    "Susie Bick". SHOWstudio.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Wiseman, Eva (14 March 2021). "Susie Cave: 'My imagination can get a little bit scary'". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    D'Souza, Christa (9 October 2017). "For Susie Cave, The Vampire's Wife Was A Path Out Of Despair". Vogue. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Tierney, Ger (28 May 2015). "susie bick, the vampire's wife". i-D. Vice Media. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Foussianes, Chloe (23 June 2022). "Why Kate Middleton and Princess Beatrice Love Dresses from the Vampire's Wife". Town & Country. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Street, Chloe (4 March 2020). "Duchess of Cambridge dons second high fashion label of the day in green Vampire's Wife dress". Evening Standard. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    "JENNA COLEMAN WEARS THE VAMPIRE'S WIFE". The Vampire's Wife. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Cartner-Morley, Jess (11 March 2020). "Goth princess: how the new It dress won over Kate – and everyone else". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    "JODIE COMER KILLS IT IN THE VAMPIRE'S WIFE". The Vampire's Wife. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Baker, Lindsay (1 February 2003). "Feelings are a Bourgeois luxury". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Webb, Beth (10 June 2020). "Earl Cave: "I'd love to play Neil Young in a film"". NME. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    McLean, Craig (12 May 2013). "'On stage I'm just me having a bad day': Nick Cave on 40 years of music and mayhem – Profiles – People". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
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    Gayle, Damien (10 November 2015). "Nick Cave's son took LSD before cliff fall death, inquest hears". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    "Nick Cave's son Arthur took LSD before cliff fall, inquest told". BBC News. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    Pulver, Andrew (5 September 2016). "One More Time With Feeling review – undeniably moving contemplation of loss". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    "Inferno". MUBI. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    "Susie Bick". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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    "Sex and Chocolate (1997)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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