{"id":31655,"date":"2025-05-20T12:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/?p=31655"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:31:04","slug":"paula-doebrich-from-catwalk-to-carats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/paula-doebrich-from-catwalk-to-carats\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Doebrich: From Catwalk to Carats"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Paula Doebrich landed in New York City in 2018 to begin a master\u2019s in public health at NYU, jewellery design was nowhere on her radar. The Warsaw-born former model had already reinvented herself once, swapping runways for a nutrition-consultancy practice, yet something still felt missing. In New York, she finally paused long enough to hear an inner voice. \u201cI was unable to reconnect with myself and understand what I want to do in life \u2014 design jewellery.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Paula Doebrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That whisper grew into Meluzza, the fine-jewellery house Paula founded in 2024 to turn personal stories into miniature treasures.<\/p>\n

The name is an ode to Melusine, the sword-wielding mermaid who guards Warsaw. \u201cShe\u2019s fearless and protective\u2014exactly like the women I create for,\u201d Paula says. It also honours her split upbringing between Poland and Germany. \u201cHome isn\u2019t a place, it\u2019s a feeling.\u201d This emotion, and philosophy, is what allows Paula to creatively segue between seasons, continents and moods through her designs.<\/p>\n

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The 18-karat gold Lily of The Valley Ring is adorned with platinum petals, two 5 mm Akoya pearls, and further embellished with natural diamonds, tsavorites and demantoid. By Meluzza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Scouted at 13 years of age, Paula spent a decade modelling while peers wrote essays and were swamped with assignments. Later, degrees in nutrition science and public health proved she was more than a pretty face, yet jewellery designing offered her the ideal synthesis of intellect, craft and emotion. Whether a ring recalls memories of eating watermelon on sunny beach or earrings echo the nostalgia surrounding her beloved cherry tree, each Meluzza piece invites its wearer to carry a story forward. \u201cI couldn\u2019t care less about trends,\u201d Paula shares. \u201cMeluzza is how I share my world.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

True to her scientific bent, Paula approached the bench methodically, taking gemmology classes at the Gemological Association of America (GIA) and jewellery making at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) stopping short of formal diplomas to channel funds into her nascent label.<\/p>\n

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The versatile Cherry Dangle earrings crafted in 18-karat gold gets an edgy look with two rhodolite garnets and tsavorites. The earrings can be worn in four different ways. By Meluzza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She favours 18-karat yellow gold, materials \u201cin their natural state,\u201d along with platinum for its frosty strength; she is, however, open to using white gold when technically required.<\/p>\n

Expect future pieces to feature alexandrite, rare garnets and other colour-shifting stones. Master goldsmiths in Manhattan execute her designs. \u201cIt takes decades to perfect the craft; my job is to envision, theirs to conjure.\u201d Local production, she adds, helps those ateliers survive.<\/p>\n

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The Watermelon Waves gold ring is uplifted with a vivid mint green demantoid flanked by two pink sapphires. By Meluzza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meluzza\u2019s debut capsule lines translate Paula\u2019s nomadic memories into vivid gems: The collection Endless Summer<\/strong> displays watermelon-bright sapphires and pistachio hued demantoids from Madagascar strewn across wavy rings that remind you of sun-drenched afternoons; while Playful Cherries<\/strong> emerges as a riff on a girlhood game, draping vivid rhodolite \u201cfruit\u201d beneath tsavorite leaves for a wink of irreverence. \u201cI always played with the double cherries, placing them against my ear, and pretending they were earrings,\u201d she shares, elaborating on her inspiration. Rather than choosing a predictable combination of ruby and emerald, she pairs the cherry jewellery with vivid red rhodolite with tsavorite leaves to keep the fruit \u201cdeliciously unexpected.\u201d You Are My Sunshine, which Paula presented in September, is informed by myths and love envisioned after a trip to Venice in 2023, \u201cwhere I kept seeing the sun symbol; it reminded me of the ancient symbols I saw as a child and the Greek myths I loved so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 18-karat gold Winter Star pendant necklace is spangled with blue and violet sapphires. By Meluzza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Winter Wonderland, she<\/strong> lifts her blue and purple sapphire decked starfish into the night sky, while setting icy constellations sparkle with star-shaped natural diamonds and round Paraiba Tourmaline from Brazil. \u201cI have always liked the mystical feeling of a long winter night, a sky full of stars, and all the stories and myths that surround this time of the year.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Lily of The Valley single gold ear cuff is adorned with platinum petals, Akoya pearls, tsavorites and natural Diamonds. By Meluzza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her latest offering released this May, New Beginnings<\/strong> blossoms around the lily-of-the-valley (konwalia<\/em> in Polish lore), whose white bells symbolise purity and returning happiness. As girls, Paula and her sister scoured their grandmother\u2019s garden each 1st<\/sup> of May for birthday bouquets; the flowers heralded both celebration and impending summer. \u201cNo matter how chilly spring felt, the flowers always bloomed on time. They meant celebration \u2014 and that summer was just around the corner,\u201d she remembers. The collection translates that optimism into 18-karat yellow gold and platinum: gleaming blossoms and rows of crisp white pearls punctuated with lily-bud caps \u2014 airy ear climbers tracing the helix; dainty ring and bracelet where pearls \u2018blossom.\u2019 Beauty here is not passive ornament but protective power, notes the designer. Ultimately, Meluzza is about emotion bottling up \u201ca child\u2019s joy and hope for a fun summer\u201d in the New Beginnings and the Lily of The Valley pieces.<\/p>\n

In an industry preoccupied with trends, Paula lets narrative, nostalgia and the quiet power of precious things guide her brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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