Introducing the .com girls

If you didn’t know already iamsarahyoung.com is so so so much more than just a blog! I use it as a sort of platform for many other cool creative projects. To date ( since August 2009) i have interviewed some of the people i most respect like Tinchy Stryder to Vivienne Westwood, styled and shot fortnightly in house shoots with brands such as Topman and American Apparel and played at some pretty amazing gigs. With 78 countries world wide hitting up the site every few weeks, its become so much more than i thought it could be!

Being a Stylist and DJ plus holding down uni it all gets a bit hectic though. Thats why a few months ago i advertised the vacancy / job role of fashion assistant on a few industry websites. The amount of applicants which applied was completely mad! Literally about 300 people emailed within the space of 2 weeks. So after shifting through endless cv’s, the interviews started. There were some pretty dismal entrees, and luckily some pretty amazing ones, and so after talking to around 20 girls, There were 7 who really stuck out, but i just couldn’t make myself choose.

All were super duper talented within art, fashion and music, and all were after internships. So instead of choosing 1, i decided it might be cool to sort of form a mini creative team…. and so the .com girls were born.

A group of young creatives
a sisterhood
a team

Whatever, but since then we’ve all grown pretty close!

As well as work pretty hard in the studio, conversation always seems to come around to boys. So, i suggested that each girl made a diary entree about a boy ( or in some cases boys) * gulp* i was shocked when everyone said they hadnt kept a diary about a boy since they were 13, and everyone said hell yea… so for one day only, here are the .com girls’ ‘boy diaries’. Justa bita funa.

SARAH YOUNG : STYLIST , DJ , PRESENTER.

DEAR DIARY

I once cooked him pan fried salmon in herbs, sea salt, ground pepper and pesto with asparagus in organic butter and mint buttered potatoes….. i’m a mug. What can i say, i blame my high expectations of men on Disney.

SY X

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FELICIA PENNANT: FUTURE FASHION STYLIST AND BLOGGER

DEAR DIARY

Last night my friend and I were out and we got to talking with these two guys on our table. One of the guys ‘X’ kept mentioning his ex-girlfriend so we asked what happened. He told us that she was an amazing girl but whilst he was drunk on a night out he kissed another girl. I was like ‘so You’re a cheater?’ and he was like ‘No, I made a mistake’. The situation was made worse by the fact that it was the week of the John Terry scandal and of course the aftermath of Tiger Woods’ affairs. I was like ‘you’ve gone so far down in my estimations’ and told him I was glad his girlfriend left him as it showed she had repesct for herself. He looked really sad like he’d lost the best girl ever but I told him he only had himself to blame. Ok, I was kinda harsh but I wanted him to know that not all girls kept their heads in the sand like Elin Woods, Toni Terry and Cheryl Cole (no official divorce proceedings started or confirmed), Cheating on someone for me is the ultimate relationship betrayal and this includes kissing. It shows your relationship is based on a lie as how can someone like/love you so much and be so selfish. They are hurting you and what makes it worse is that girls give guys license to cheat as they take them back. Look at Elin, Toni and Cheryl- they’ve been cheated on multiple times. It gives guys power and allows them to emotionally abuse you. X tried to defend himself by admitting subconsciously he wanted to end the relationship anyway and that men can’t help it if girls are throwing themselves at them- that is no excuse. This made me wonder why there is a lack of sisterhood amongst girls. Footballers cheat because they have sex on tap from multiple wannabe WAGs but these girls know they are married which children. How can we judge men so negatively for cheating when our own sex behaves in exactly the same way? I say GIRLS STICK TOGETHER. YOU DON’T NEED A MAN LIKE THAT. AND GIRLS A MAN THAT CHEATS WITH YOU WILL CHEAT ON YOU.

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CHRISTINA DANIELS : GRAPHIC DESIGNER

DEAR DIARY:

Boys smell.

Christina

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JADE DOUSE – FUTURE STYLIST.

DEAR DIARY:

So, I’m in Nando’s with my boyfriend, you know just a normal dinner out, and then this girl comes in, and she starts to walk over to our table, with some screw face. So I’m thinking ok! What’s this about!?
She goes to him “what do you think your playing at”, and he tries to look at me and say 1 sec, and then has the cheek to take the girl outside. DPMO! What do I look like, obviously your tryna date some next girl, whilst your dating me, the girl is not even worth it., downgrade!
So anyway, I sit there and wait for him to come back, still mad baffed, waiting for an explanation, AND do you know what he coma back and said – “ahh sorry my cousins on a hype”!!!! OMFG! Not even a reasonable explanation, like how many boys try and play the cousin card. So I looked at him, with his smug look on his face, thinking he’s got away with it. Then I see my full glass of Fanta! Straight in the face with the drink, I picked up my things and left.
5 minutes later, I’m getting phone calls, texts saying, “I’m sorry, answer your phone I’ll explain”!
So when your lie doesn’t work out wanna try another approach. Do guys that we are stupid!! I mean come on, they really think rate themselves high! Move on to the next I say! Don’t try and gas me up, its not gonna work! Dickhead!

Jade xox

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EMILY – FASHION BLOGGER

DEAR DIARY

Can you be friends with an Ex?!

When it comes to relationships, you can never really know what to expect. For me, 5 years on, the relationship I was in had lost its spark; we’d fallen into that classic friendship rut. Everything was old and familiar with all the same daily routines, the same conversations and the same expectations. That excitement that every person thrives for was no longer there. I wasn’t satisfied settling for anything less than butterflies, especially at only 20 years old and so, we ended it. I then asked myself (after watching this particular question appear in an episode of Sex & the City); ‘Is it possible to transform a once passionate love into something that fits nice and easily onto the friendship shelf? Can you be friends with an ex? ‘
That comfort you gain in a relationship is hard to let go of, and so part of you wants to continue to hold on. Realistically, the best way forward is to cut all ties; stop the texting, the calls, the emails, all communication. But Is that even possible? How do you justify doing that when a relationship – in this case – ended mutually? There is no hate, no anger, no dishonesty… just the simple fact that over the more recent months, that passion had died. Or by doing this, could I be setting myself up for a whole lot of trouble, by giving my ex false hopes and allowing them into my life as “a friend”.
Becoming friends mean that we would be able to disengage the gears of the romantic connection and face each other as separate individuals. It could offer us the chance to reconcile differences and find the reason behind us drifting apart, or give us the opportunity to say what needs to be said in order to put the romantic feelings to rest. But still I question, would this just risk further disappointment and heartache? Are any of these expectations realistic? The constant re-wounding can delay the overall process of healing and result in resentment towards one another.
Sometimes people fool themselves into believing they can handle having a friendship with their ex. Instead, they are subjecting themselves to prolonging the pain and delaying the closure by staying friends, because they fail to recognize that they can in fact stand on their own two feet. So I have to ask myself; am I staying friends to become emotionally stronger? Or am I just resisting letting go?

EMILY X

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TAY : FUTURE FASHION PR.

DEAR DIARY,

BOYS SHOULD FIX UP.

Hey, so last night I helped this girl who felt really uncomfortable
with this guy who was trying to ‘churps’ her on the tube. As girls I think we should
stick together especially in times of need like the one I experienced last night
! I was just minding my own business, eating some fruit (as u do) when I noticed
this guy staring at the girl who was sitting across from me. He was making this
‘psst’ sound at first then decided to invade her space by sitting next to her.
He wasn’t exactly the HOTTEST of guys and she was practically on the edge of her
seat trying to avoid making eye contact with him and looked at me rolling her eyes
in disbelief that this guy was not getting her not so subtle messages that she
wasn’t interested. It was quite funny tbh, thinking about the times this has happened
to me. Anyway after about 5 stops he finally got off, told her he loves her and
hopes to see her again soon. The girl thanked me for staying on the tube with her
and we laughed about it. This made me think that some men/boys need to work on
their flirting techniques. Girls don’t appreciate you invading their personal space
, approaching them with bad body odour (yuck!)or spraying them with spit with every
word you speak! Come on guys FIX UP!… or am I just being too harsh ?? nah. PAR.

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JODIE FUTURE FASHION DESIGNER , PR AND MUSIC LOVER.

DEAR DIARY.

I was out the one night and was standing by this couple arguing (very loud) lol and the guy called the girl “paranoid’ the girl got slightly louder and very irate and said ‘ the definition of paranoid is : ”Exhibiting an extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others.” his face was a picture he didn’t know what had hit him! Then she went on to say ‘ it doesn’t say much for you does it, and in fact you guys love to use the word paranoid but i would call it ”im not bloody stupid” she then proceed to storm off. I love this!! It gave me a little giggle….. guys love to brush it off with ‘your paranoid’.

Quote of the day

“YOU CALL IT PARANOID WE CALL IT ‘IM NOT BLOODY STUPID”

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DERYA – ARTIST/ GRAPHIC DESIGNER