New York City-based fine jewelry brand Eliza was founded in 2021 by designer Eliza Marie Doskocz.
Eliza Marie first encountered the jewelry industry by chance – but it quickly became a lifelong passion. While finishing her communications degree at Baruch College, she took what was expected to be a part-time job in New York City’s diamond district at a wholesale jewelry manufacturer– a fateful decision that would change the course of her life.
Eliza Marie learned the trade from the ground up, working her way up from filing and phone calls to matching gemstones and designing jewelry. She excelled and thrived in this demanding environment over the course of fifteen years, honing her design skills, network, and jewelry production knowledge. Armed with these skills and later studies at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Eliza Marie was ready to strike out on her own and establish her namesake jewelry brand.
Eliza is the culmination of her vision to design and create pieces that women will never want to remove. “Everything I create, I want to be timeless, classic, elegant, and versatile,” she says. Eliza Marie has channeled her abundant creative energy, passion, and knowledge into fluid and versatile high jewelry and fine jewelry collections meant to be lived in and loved – every day, everywhere.
Eliza exudes the designer’s penchant for colored gemstones and unique color pairings, with an emphasis on yellow diamonds and emeralds. She has a tactile appreciation for gems – and many of her designs are sparked by handling a singular gemstone. The designer’s pursuit of perfection and creativity is also evident in her bespoke limited-edition pieces, which feature rare gemstones sourced throughout her extensive world travels.
Her diverse creative inspirations also draw on her travels, passions, and familiar motifs – with designs ranging from the starry cluster formations of her Midnight and Constellation Beauty Series, and the familiar romance of a classic heart-shaped gem, with her Eternity Collection, to the earthy clay of a tennis court with her trademarked Tennis Collection By Eliza™.
Eliza Marie delights in reimagining classic jewelry pieces like the iconic diamond tennis bracelet, as she has done with her patented Tennis Collection By Eliza™. The jewelry series encapsulates two of her greatest passions – tennis and fine jewelry.
In an industry-first, this novel series of tennis necklaces and tennis bracelets features her patented, gemstone-set, tennis racket-shaped clasp. The trademarked design celebrates the lore and legend of a familiar jewelry staple and pays homage to tennis player Chris Evert, who famously first referred to her diamond bracelet as a “tennis bracelet” during a 1980s-era U.S. Open tennis match.
With this whimsical fine jewelry design, Eliza Marie makes her play to bring more playful sparkle to the tennis court, the country club, and anywhere else where a woman wants to shine and feel her best, wearing an accessory that speaks to her love of the sport.
Today, Eliza is a growing brand, led by designer Eliza Marie Doskocz, and headquartered in New York City on Fifth Avenue, with a retail presence throughout the United States and a growing network of private clientele.
For more information, visit elizajewelry.com.