Susie Bick

Susie Cave ( 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.

Early life Susie Bick was born in Cheshire, England, to a diplomat father. She spent her childhood in Malawi and Nigeria, and ran away from boarding school at age 14.

Their 'Falconetti' dress was deemed the "dress of the decade" by Vogue. 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, Alexa Chung, Daisy Lowe, Jenna Coleman, Thandiwe Newton, Zawe Ashton, Rachel Weisz, Margot Robbie, Jennifer Aniston, and Jodie Comer.

In 2024, the brand closed, after the collapse of Matchesfashion, one of their largest stockists.

Personal life Nicky Clarke and Susie Bick were involved in a well-documented affair in the 1980s. Nicky and his wife Leslie parted after 20 years over his affair.

Bick met Australian musician Nick Cave in 1997; they married in 1999. She appeared on the cover of Cave's 2013 album Push the Sky Away.

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

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