{"id":89013,"date":"2024-10-27T00:10:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/?p=89013"},"modified":"2024-10-25T12:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T10:45:41","slug":"thelma-west-tra-orgoglio-e-pregiudizio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/thelma-west-tra-orgoglio-e-pregiudizio\/","title":{"rendered":"Thelma West between pride and prejudice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She have founded and run Igr London, an independent diamond and precious stone laboratory. She founded and directed Yeraua Diamonds, a diamond trading company. And finally, she founded a jewelry brand that bears her name: <strong>Thelma West<\/strong>. An intense journey, but it is not the only unusual aspect: Thelma West, in fact, is Nigerian, born in Lagos. And it is not often that a black woman makes her way into the selective world of precious stones and jewelry. Instead she did it, with understandable pride, and her jewels bounced off the pages of glossy magazines.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132414\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-carat-asscher-cut-diamond-in-brown-ceramic-and-rose-gold.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132414\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-carat-asscher-cut-diamond-in-brown-ceramic-and-rose-gold.jpg\" alt=\"Anello con diamante taglio Asscher di 10 carati, ceramica, oro rosa indossato\" width=\"709\" height=\"661\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-carat-asscher-cut-diamond-in-brown-ceramic-and-rose-gold.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-carat-asscher-cut-diamond-in-brown-ceramic-and-rose-gold-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/10-carat-asscher-cut-diamond-in-brown-ceramic-and-rose-gold-480x448.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10K Asscher Cut Diamond Ring, Ceramic, Rose Gold<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>She, actually, had moved to London to study mechanical engineering. But she had to interrupt her studies and opted for a gemology course in Antwerp. And so, from the Belgian city she started the trading profession in the diamond market, until precious stones became the raw material for making high-end jewels. The stones, as is now customary, are guaranteed of ethical origin, while the jewels are created through an artisanal process and offered with a lifetime guarantee: a formula that has helped success.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89016\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/diamanti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/diamanti.jpg\" alt=\"Diamanti di Thelma West\" width=\"709\" height=\"708\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89016\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/diamanti.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/diamanti-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/diamanti-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/diamanti-400x399.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thelma West Diamonds<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBut he hasn&#8217;t forgotten her roots: West donates a portion of every single sale to two causes in Nigeria: one for medical bills for children in hospitals and another for girls&#8217; education through secondary school. And, of course, the designer knows that it is difficult for a woman with black skin to work in an environment like that of jewelry, even if she is confident in an improvement in perception.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132415\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trapeze-cut-diamonds-from-Botswana-rubies-from-Mozambique-and-emeralds-from-Zambia-manufactured-in-house-from-rough.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132415\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trapeze-cut-diamonds-from-Botswana-rubies-from-Mozambique-and-emeralds-from-Zambia-manufactured-in-house-from-rough.jpg\" alt=\"Bracciali con gemme tagliate a trapezio: rubini del Mozambico, smeraldi dello Zambia\" width=\"709\" height=\"693\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trapeze-cut-diamonds-from-Botswana-rubies-from-Mozambique-and-emeralds-from-Zambia-manufactured-in-house-from-rough.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trapeze-cut-diamonds-from-Botswana-rubies-from-Mozambique-and-emeralds-from-Zambia-manufactured-in-house-from-rough-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trapeze-cut-diamonds-from-Botswana-rubies-from-Mozambique-and-emeralds-from-Zambia-manufactured-in-house-from-rough-480x469.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapezoid Gemstone Bracelets: Mozambique Rubies, Zambian Emeralds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132417\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thelma-west.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132417\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thelma-west.jpg\" alt=\"Thelma West\" width=\"709\" height=\"695\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thelma-west.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thelma-west-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thelma-west-480x471.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thelma West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132416\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/orecchini-smeraldi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132416\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/orecchini-smeraldi-1.jpg\" alt=\"Orecchini con smeraldi e diamanti trillion\" width=\"709\" height=\"646\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/orecchini-smeraldi-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/orecchini-smeraldi-1-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/orecchini-smeraldi-1-480x437.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trillion Emerald and Diamond Earrings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_89020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89020\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SugarCane-band-in-yellow-gold.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89020\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SugarCane-band-in-yellow-gold.jpg\" alt=\"Anello a banda SugarCane in oro giallo\" width=\"709\" height=\"480\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SugarCane-band-in-yellow-gold.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SugarCane-band-in-yellow-gold-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SugarCane-band-in-yellow-gold-81x55.jpg 81w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SugarCane-band-in-yellow-gold-400x271.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SugarCane Yellow Gold Band Ring<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She have founded and run Igr London, an independent diamond and precious stone laboratory. She founded and directed Yeraua Diamonds, a diamond trading company. And finally, she founded a jewelry brand that bears her name: Thelma West. An intense journey, but it is not the only unusual aspect: Thelma West, in fact, is Nigerian, born in Lagos. And it is not often that a black woman makes her way into the selective world of precious stones and jewelry. Instead she did it, with understandable pride, and her jewels bounced off the pages of glossy magazines. She, actually, had moved to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":132413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[9,31,213,8902,13328],"class_list":["post-89013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-choice","tag-diamanti","tag-gioielli","tag-jewellery","tag-joaillerie","tag-thelma-west","style--link-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132561,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013\/revisions\/132561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}