Carleen
Carleen is a Los Angeles based womenswear collection designed by Kelsy Parkhouse, who draws influence from her Southern California upbringing (she is a Long Beach native!), folk-art motifs, fine art inspiration, and commitment to domestic manufacturing.
Kelsy founded Carleen in May of 2012 after receiving positive reviews for her thesis collection at Pratt Institute where she also received the inaugural Liz Claiborne Concept to Product Award. Her founding collection drew inspiration from the handmade American quilt, a textile that continues to inform the Carleen aesthetic both visually and metaphorically.