Oct 7, 2026 · 48 min · 21 segments
Sylvie Cachay was an up-and-coming fashion designer. In 2010, she was found dead and partially clothed in an overflowing tub at the Soho House in New York City. Police learned Sylvie had checked into…
Troy Roberts
Anne-Marie Green
It was summer in Miami, two years before her death, and Sylvie Cachay was on top of the world.
From all over the country, top bathing suit designers were vying for attention, but all eyes were on Sylvie it seemed, and her swimwear line, Síla.
You see a lot of stuff, but it's rare that you see wow, and that's definitely what we felt.
Lisa McKay was Sylvie's publicist, and knew she had a hit on her hands.
It was sort of a PR dream.
They were attracted not only to her product, but to her as an individual, as sort of a style setter in her own right.
Sports Illustrated chose Sylvie-designed bikinis to feature in their swimsuit video.
video.She got her clothing in Barneys, and all these amazing stores within the first year, which is, which is unheard of.
I shot her look books.
I was her photographer.
She's obviously a beautiful woman, and she's the sort of person when that person walks in a room, everyone pays attention.
So it was no surprise that a woman like Sylvie would occasionally stay at the exclusive Soho House hotel.
Fit the criteria of what the typical member would be in someone in fashion, or in film.
It's, uh, trendy.
He says Sylvie actually had a special status at the Soho House, a coveted membership that meant perks like access to the private club, or the pool, a place so hard to get into that the TV show Sex and the City devoted an episode to it.
There's a pool a block from my apartment, and I can't get in.
What pool?
You have to be a member, and I'm on some kind of [beep] wait list.
Don't they know who you are?
And more importantly, who we are.
It was summer in Miami, two years before her death, and Sylvie Cachay was on top of the world.
From all over the country, top bathing suit designers were vying for attention, but all eyes were on Sylvie it seemed, and her swimwear line, Síla.
You see a lot of stuff, but it's rare that you see wow, and that's definitely what we felt.
Lisa McKay was Sylvie's publicist, and knew she had a hit on her hands.
It was sort of a PR dream.
They were attracted not only to her product, but to her as an individual, as sort of a style setter in her own right.
Sports Illustrated chose Sylvie-designed bikinis to feature in their swimsuit video.
video.She got her clothing in Barneys, and all these amazing stores within the first year, which is, which is unheard of.
I shot her look books.
I was her photographer.
She's obviously a beautiful woman, and she's the sort of person when that person walks in a room, everyone pays attention.
So it was no surprise that a woman like Sylvie would occasionally stay at the exclusive Soho House hotel.
Fit the criteria of what the typical member would be in someone in fashion, or in film.
It's, uh, trendy.
He says Sylvie actually had a special status at the Soho House, a coveted membership that meant perks like access to the private club, or the pool, a place so hard to get into that the TV show Sex and the City devoted an episode to it.
There's a pool a block from my apartment, and I can't get in.
What pool?
You have to be a member, and I'm on some kind of [beep] wait list.
Don't they know who you are?
And more importantly, who we are.
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