Susie Cave (néeBick; 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.
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]
In 2024, the brand closed, after the collapse of Matchesfashion, one of their largest stockists.[10]
Personal life
Nicky Clarke and Susie Bick were involved in a well-documented affair in the 1980s.[11] Nicky and his wife Leslie parted after 20 years over his affair.
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.[12][13] She appeared on the cover of Cave's 2013 album Push the Sky Away.[14]
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.[15] An inquest found that Arthur had taken LSD before the fall and the coroner ruled his death was an accident.[16] The effect of Arthur's death on the Cave family was explored in the 2016 documentary film One More Time with Feeling.[17]
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