Lifestyle Mirror

For Swiss-born jewelry designer Harumi Klossowska—daughter to late Polish-French painter Balthus and Japanese artist Setsuko Ideta—a passion for visual creation runs through her veins. “I grew up with my father and my mother, who always spoke about colors, about beautiful landscapes,” Harumi says. “I think unconsciously, even when I design jewelry, I still hear those conversations between my parents.” And as the one-of-a-kind emerald, sapphire, blue turquoise, and matte gold snake necklace and arm bracelet she recently designed in honor of the 150th anniversary of the House of Boucheron demonstrate, the colors and textures of the natural world remain an influence. “Nature is what inspires me the most,” she says. “Everything that has to do with animals, flowers, trees,” and of course, stones of all kinds. Yet, while her instincts in art and jewelry design can be firmly pinpointed, it’s her personal style that takes a more, say, organic approach. “I don’t know if I have, really, a style,” she explains. “When I like something, I just buy it.” Even so, her favorites belie any sort of blasé take on fashion: “I like Giambattista Valli a lot, I have a huge admiration still for John Galliano, I also like Riccardo Tisci and Haider Ackermann.” It’s hard to imagine she’d do anything without intention, naturally. —Sasha Levine

Photographs by Raphael Lugassy. Directed by Robert Rabensteiner.