Harumi Klossowski de Rola (daughter of Count Balthazar aka Balthus, 91, one of the world's greatest living artists, and a highly respected painter Setsuko Ideta) and her friend Charuvan Sursock-Rangsit, Princess of Thailand, are the fastest rising jewelry designers in Europe.

Their Asian-inspired earrings and necklaces, ranging fron $425 to $2,600, were first shown in Geneva, Harumi's hometown, in November 96, where they sold out. You can also buy them at the shoe designer Christian Louboutin's store on 23 Motcomb Street in London, while the U.S. launch was spearheaded by Christie's.

The designs are elegantly refined with understated use of colors, infused by semiprecious stones like turquoise, garnet, and corals, and Chinese satin buttons that were bought by her mother during her honeymoon throughout Asia in 1967.

Harumi turned to jewelry design in 1995 after working in Galliano's Paris press office for 18 months. She then returned to Geneva with her boy friend, Yvan de la Fressange.