This story previously aired on July 16, 2016..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 it seemed all eyes were on Sylvie and her swimwear line, Syla."You see a lot of stuff. ... but it's rare that you see wow. And that's definitely what we felt," said Sylvie's former publicist, Lesa McHale.McHale knew she had a hit on her hands."It was sort of a PR dream ... The coverage was across the board from InStyle, and Vogue and Lucky and Elle," she explained. "... 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."She got her clothing in Barneys and all these amazing stores within the first year ... which is unheard of," Ben Baker said. "I shot her look books. I was her photographer."
Ben Baker was a lot more than her photographer. In 2008, he was Sylvie's fiance."She's obviously a beautiful woman," he said. "She's the sort of person that, 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."[It] fit the criteria of what the typical member would be, someone in fashion or film," Bryan Alvarez, the former Soho House night manager explained. "It's ... ah, trendy."
