Ashley Rolfmore (she/her)
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I make complex technology trustworthy to the people who know enough to challenge it. Also helping software teams navigate capitalism. 🇬🇧➡️🇵🇹🇪🇺 Personal/nerd account. Will spam personal trivia at 2am.
![The chief executive of jewellery maker Swarovski said the popularity of cheaper, lab-grown diamonds meant that women now buy gems for themselves in a trend he described as “endearing and encouraging”.
Lab-grown options were “enabling self-purchase for women”, compared with traditional mined diamonds, “where in most instances it was a man offering a ring to a woman”, said Alexis Nasard in an interview with the FT.
“Today, a woman comes into our store. She sees it. She’s beautiful. She tries it and says, ‘You know what? Let me get it [for] myself. I’ve earned this,’ and we find that very endearing and encouraging.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xrwjvsjsfjd2od64n3hi4slp/bafkreicaroqdyezu45mybg25mpw6yhh7l5trgbnauckk66ymox2wy4mroy)
