Here’s my little movie. My friend Aoife said it looks like a tiny man is trapped inside a telescope.

Lomokino goes fisheye from Jennifer Schussler on Vimeo.

And I know people bang on about vinyl sounding better blah blah but if you could hear Florence’s voice right now, shivers!

Lomokino 1 from Jennifer Schussler on Vimeo.

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Filed under: inspiration Tagged: audrey hepburn, editorial, inspiration, style ]]> http://secondlastchance.net/2012/01/10/how-many-audreys-does-it-take/feed/ 0 jen Audrey Hepburn chopping wood http://secondlastchance.net/2012/01/08/journaling/ http://secondlastchance.net/2012/01/08/journaling/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:24:27 +0000 Jennnifer Schüssler http://secondlastchance.wordpress.com/?p=1675 ]]> Although I have already put my self through 365 days of documenting everything, kikki.K has just started posting on their blog some journaling prompts which make me want to do it all again.

I already have another 365 book that I mostly use as a lookbook but now I’ve seen these posts I’m going to use it to document the other things I love in life and people & places that inspire me. Maybe I will even devote a page to how much I enjoy working for kikki.K, but not right now as I’m in the middle of working 6 long days in a row, the desire for sleep overrides the love for my job. The massive amount of hours I am working at the moment has also briefly stopped me from posting here but I will persevere as a goal for this year is to be able to do ten things at once, so I will be posting interesting things very soon.

I’m off to print a variety of photos from Sweden, because it looks so nice.

Yesterday I finally went to see the Bill Cunningham documentary with Nat. We’ve been wanting to go see it ever since it came out on the day of my French exam but working 10 days in a row didn’t leave much time for me to see it. I’m extremely glad we did get around to it because it is an amazing film. Not only the way it is presented but his life is so interesting. Bill is such an energetic, humble and inspiring man and a great photographer. The whole time I was watching I was either laughing or feeling like crying, both with joy and sadness. I would go on and give so much of the detail away but you really have to see it for yourself. He is my new idol and I wish to one day become half the photographer he is, and that would be a wonderful thing to be.

It’s always nice when Christmas comes early especially if it’s Chanel from David. I still don’t understand why they aren’t allowed to use sticky tape in their wrapping, it’s just not right! Anyway, David has been going on about me not knowing how to use blush, I don’t own any so I never saw the need to learn. But now with his generosity I can add blush into my makeup every morning. Merci David!

Now these translations come from my French textbook so you wont get the exact same ones if you put it into a translator.

étouffer – to suffocate or to cramp one’s style

entrouvrir – to half open

parcourir – to travel up and down

se peigner – to comb one’s hair

And my all time favourite is the French equivalent of saying “That’s the last straw”

C’est la goutt d’eau qui fait déborder la vase!

Which, if you translate it literally means: This is the droplet of water which makes the vase overflow!

You see how much fun learning French can be?

While Nat might be afraid of birds flying at her she recently had no problems flying over to Sydney and came back with stories of her op-shopping pursuits, of which she has decided to share here, just for you! How lovely!

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Choosing between Perth and Sydney is like picking a favourite child. It’s IMPOSSIBLE! Jennifer’s blog has shown that Perth can be cool and funky place. But the lifestyle of these two cities cannot be compared. My big brother, who lives in Sydney is always saying how much more relaxed he is when he comes to Perth, just because the pace of our city is so much slower to that of Sydney, which can be a positive and a negative. I can vouch for that, having only spent one week there recently.

One of the main things I loved about Sydney (and there are many things I love about that city) is the shopping. Unfortunately, I’ll have to limit myself to op-shopping related stuff in this entry and I think it’ll be long enough just on that anyways.

So, on the first Saturday I arrived it happened to be the 5^th November. The first Saturday of every month Surry Hill markets, located on the corner of Crown Street and Collins Street, Surry Hills, is open for business. This place was brilliant! However, you do need some time to look for the quality stuff. Also, I found some of the stalls to be overpriced. My theory is, if you are buying second hand, you shouldn’t have to pay the same price as a new item. Thus, some stalls had clothing for $30+. Another con is that none of the stalls had change-rooms, hence, only the exhibitionist would strip down to try on clothing and I was NOT one of them. I ended up spending $30 on 5 pieces of clothing. Unfortunately, as I didn’t try anything on only one item didn’t fit. At the Surry Hills Market, they don’t only sell clothing and footwear, but located towards the Collins Street end they have books, tableware, jewellery, bags, vinyl records, furniture etc. I found everything in this part of the markets a lot more reasonably priced.

Next, I visited the Red Threads Red Cross Store, at 390 Oxford Street, Paddington, on Thursday 10^th November with an old primary-school chum, who I hadn’t seen for aeons, called Di. I cannot express to you how amazing this place is! I’d say this shopping expedition with Di was definitely a highlight of my trip. A drawcard of this place is that some items in the shop have been donated by celebrities, but the prices are no where near as expensive as to what the original owners purchased them for. Take for example, there was a Steven Khalil black cocktail gown that was donated by Jackie O (the Australian presenter, not the former First-Lady) that fetched for $245. AMAZING! I tried it on, but unfortunately the darn thing wouldn’t button up, I wasn’t unhappy for long because I ended up trying on a heap of stuff and nabbed a Calvin Klein denim buttoned jacket, $35, and an Armani white blazer, $75. Di, picked up these Nude shoes for $60. Apparently these shoes have been a popular item in the store, but people were unable to fit into them. It was a Cinderella-esque moment for Di, when she put on these shoes. I refused to let her leave the shop without them.

As I mentioned in the beginning, the shopping in Sydney is BRILLIANT but can be a tad overwhelming for those passionate shoppers, like myself. I suggest that if you decided to go over there, pop into a Tourist Bureau/Visitor Centre and grab some ‘Urban Walkabout’ pamphlets to give you an idea of places to go in Sydney. I happened to come across one located at Argyle Street, The Rocks, whilst I was traipsing the area.

Happy shopping, my lovelies.