Caroline Vreeland

Caroline Olivia Zickerick, known professionally as Caroline Vreeland, was born on October 26, 1987, in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of Daisy Vreeland and Michael Zickerick, a German diplomat. Her maternal great-grandmother was the renowned fashion editor Diana Vreeland. During her childhood, Vreeland lived for four months at the German Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, where her father was stationed. Following her parents’ divorce, she moved with her mother to a Siddha Yoga ashram in Upstate New York, before relocating to Belvedere, Marin County, California, to live with her grandparents. After high school, Vreeland moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career.

In Los Angeles, Vreeland worked as a waitress and bartender while developing her music career. She filmed a reality television show pilot episode produced by Ryan Seacrest, which did not proceed past production. In 2013, she participated in the twelfth season of American Idol but was dismissed due to her prior association with Seacrest. Her music career advanced in 2014 when she signed with the boutique label BlessandSee, enabling her to focus on music full-time. She released the single “Unbreakable Love” and, in 2018, her self-produced six-song EP titled Like a Woman Like a Drunkard Like an Animal. Vreeland publicly acknowledged Fiona Apple and Portishead as significant musical influences. She continued to develop new music, including a project titled Please Feel, which she began in 2018. Her first full album, Notes on Sex and Wine, was released in 2020.

Vreeland has also established a presence in the fashion and acting industries. She is signed with Next Models, and her first modeling work included an editorial spread for Vogue Italia. Carine Roitfeld, former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, later discovered her and featured her in an editorial for CR Fashion Book. In 2018, Vreeland joined CR Fashion Book as a writer, contributing her column, Going to Bed with Caroline Vreeland. She appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Russia in June 2016 and walked the runway for Marco De Vincenzo’s Autumn/Winter 2019/20 collection at Milan Fashion Week. Her acting credits include the 2007 thriller film Children of Moloch and the 2016 French short film Diary. In 2018, she secured a recurring role as Mary Davis in the television series Star. Vreeland performed at the 21st amfAR New York City Gala in February 2019 and at the Casino de Monte Carlo in October 2019 for the Monegasque princely family.