Designer marks
Liz Claiborne jewelry marks
Liz Claiborne jewelry marks include LC, LCI and the full name. The 1976 on EST. tags names the brand’s foundation year.
- Active years
- From 1976
- Country
- United States
- City / region
- New York
- Products
- costume necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pins, rings, watches
- Marks
- 9
1976 is fashion-company formation, not proven jewelry introduction. Jewelry-specific use of the word mark began in 1989; the brand also licensed jewelry in 2018. No current/end date claim.
What to look for
- Inspect the clasp, hanging disc and reverse of each component. Full-name, LCI, flowing LC and block LC signatures use different letterforms and can be placed on different parts of a piece.
- Read Est. 1976 as the foundation date of the fashion brand. It does not date the necklace to 1976.
- Read CLAIBORNE without an extra r after Clai. Compare the complete mark and any branded packaging when only LC initials are present.
Marks & lettering
9 marks
Undated
LIZ CLAIBORNE / Est. / 1976
Est. 1976 is the brand foundation date, not the manufacture year of the necklace.
cast · silver-tone / dark finish · New York, United States (brand headquarters)
Undated
© Liz Claiborne Inc.
The full corporate name and Inc. distinguish this signature from LCI and LC initials.
stamped · gold-tone · New York, United States (brand headquarters)
Undated
LC
The circular hanging disc and upright block initials distinguish it from the flowing signature on a jewelry back.
stamped · gold-tone · New York, United States (brand headquarters)
About Liz Claiborne
Liz Claiborne founded her fashion label in New York in 1976 with Arthur Ortenberg, Leonard Boxer and Jerome Chazen. The company grew around coordinated, moderately priced clothes for working women, then expanded into accessories. Claiborne retired from active management in 1989, while the business continued to trade under her name.
Costume jewelry became part of the accessories range, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pins and rings. Pieces carry several signatures: the full corporate name, LCI initials, a flowing LC monogram or an LC hanging disc. The company acquired the Monet Group in July 2000, bringing Monet, Trifari and Marvella into the wider business. Those labels retained their own identities and signatures.
In November 2011 Liz Claiborne, Inc. sold the Liz Claiborne family of brands and Monet rights to JCPenney. The seller continued as JCPenney’s exclusive jewelry supplier for those brands under the transaction. Fashion-jewelry licensing for LC and related names continued in 2018. The jewelry therefore spans changes in brand ownership and supply arrangements, rather than ending when its founder retired. A tag reading Est. 1976 commemorates the label’s foundation.
Also known as: LCI · LC · Liz Claiborne, Inc. (original brand company)
Look-alikes & how to tell them apart
Lauren Conrad / LC
LC initials are also associated with Lauren Conrad; compare exact logo and corroborating tags.
Monet, Trifari and Marvella →
Associated through later ownership, but their own marks are not automatically Liz Claiborne marks.