Kween

Kelly Markiewicz, 23, a 1999 graduate of Agoura High School, has created Kween Clothing, her very own designer fashion line. Inspired by vintage fashions, Kween Clothing takes one-of-a-kind looks from the 1950s through 1980s and re-creates them for the modern woman.

Kween revisits fashion from the days of "I Love Lucy" to the birth of hip hop, says Markiewicz.

"I started this line because I grew up in Los Angeles inhaling the intense vibes of both new and old fashion," said Markiewicz.

Recently, Markiewicz introduced Kween Clothing to the public at a launch party at Bliss restaurant in Hollywood.

After graduating from AHS, Markiewicz studied media arts and communication at the University of Arizona. After earning her bachelor’s degree in 2003, she returned to Agoura Hills and began designing clothes.

Local residents may remember a vintage clothing store on Kanan Road in Agoura Hills called Q-Cumbers. It was Markiewicz’s parents who owned the store, and Kelly was the buyer for Q-Cumbers when she was just 15 years old. "It was then that I realized my love for vintage fashions," she said. In addition, Markiewicz worked at Nordstrom, where she says she learned a lot about retail and fashion. Read more...