Sandra‘s Closet

Last weekend, nearly a million techno music fans came to Zurich for the 31st Street Parade. The world’s largest techno party always takes place on the second Saturday in August. More than 200 DJs took part in the festivities, letting the electronic and techno music fans dance around Zurich’s lake basin. In the evening, the event continues in the city’s clubs. The sun was shining and I enjoyed a fun time at the Baur au Lac hotel, my favorite place to be during the festivities. It is a great way to have a front row seat at the iconic music parade while enjoying the serenity and space of the hotel’s beautiful park.

My look: Tattoo Collection mesh crop top, and matching flared tulle pants, both by Jean Paul Gaultier, silver-tone crystal body chain by Area, Tribute woven leather espadrille wedge sandals, and New Wave 181 LouLou heart shaped sunglasses, both by Saint Laurent, Le Coeur leather shoulder bag, both by Alaïa, and necklace, by Alessandra Rich.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht / David Biedert Photography
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Each year, NARS offers the perfect summer collection. The heat is on with bronzing essentials all inspired by award-winning shade Laguna. Get sunkissed in a swipe with sultry essentials for eyes, lips, and cheeks.

GOOD AS GOLD

Swipe, sculpt, and shade your way to sunlit seduction with the must-have limited edition Laguna Ultimate Face Palette. Summer awaits inside the all-in-one palette for eyes and cheeks inspired by the iconic bronze shade, featuring four eyeshadows, two bronzers, and one illuminating highlighter. Each eyeshadow creates high-impact color in one stroke while bronzing and highlighting powders softly diffuse to a warm, lit-from-within effect.

EYESHADOW SHADES: SPRITZ Shimmer rose gold – UNWIND Matte peach pink – HEAT SPELL Satin rust brown – SIZZLE Shimmer yellow gold

LAGUNA BRONZING POWDER SHADES: LAGUNA 02 (ORIGINAL) Light-medium bronze with neutral undertones – LAGUNA 04 Medium bronze with warm undertones

HIGHLIGHTER SHADE: DRIFT AWAY – Champagne shimmer

Available for CHF 75.00.

SWIPE. SMOLDER. SEDUCE.

Draw attention with the seductively smooth, ultra-creamy Total Seduction Eyeshadow Stick that applies instant high-impact color and sets to an all-day, crease-resistant matte finish, which is also the perfect base for any eye makeup. Fueled by Flexi-Lock Technology, it forms a longwearing, flexible cream with an effortless smooth-glide application for comfortable, easy-to-blend, and buildable color that’s transfer- and smudge-proof. With shades that work across every skin tone, eight colors create limitless eye looks that stay in place for up to 16 hours.

SHADES:
ADULTS ONLY Matte apricot – DON’T TOUCH Matte milk tea brown – OBLIVION Matte medium caramel – STRIP DOWN Matte warm red brown – MAMBO Matte chocolate brown – REBELLION Matte rich dark brown – FATED Matte deep aubergine – ENIGMATIC Matte black

Available for CHF 49.00 each.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht / NARS
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Matching the temple in Mauritius … while driving around the Grand Baie area in the North, I passed the Tamil Surya Oudaya Sangam Temple, that is one of the oldest Tamil temples on the island. The temple is a riot of colours that can be visible even from a considerable distance. I had to stop and take pictures as my new pareo pants couldn’t gave been a better match.

Later, I enjoyed my time at the Constance Prince Maurice and indulged in their signature rum cocktail «Maurice de Nassau» at the hotel bar next to the white sand beach and tropical surroundings. The drink has an interesting combination of aged rum, coconut liquor, curry leaf, passion fruit puree, roasted pineapple juice and dried chili.

My look: Mila ruffled bikini by Maygel Coronel, red and white striped pareo pants by Loretta Caponi, wedge espadrilles by Castañer, wallet on chain by CHANEL, oval-frame gold-tone and tortoiseshell acetate sunglasses by Celine, and silver-tone, crystal and faux pearl necklace by Alessandra Rich.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht 
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Perfect match – wearing this beautiful vintage map print dress on a yacht cruising through the Mediterranean. I just love being on a boat, the air, the sea, the freedom gives me so much pleasure.

My look: High Tide map print dress by Zimmermann, Dellena 100 raffia wedge sandals by Jimmy Choo, Horsebit 1955 mini leather-trimmed crystal-embellished canvas-jacquard shoulder bag, and vintage white sunglasses, both by Gucci.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht / Rian Davidson 
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Darlings, get ready to LOVE YOURSELF and PROTECT YOUR SKIN with Charlotte Tilbury’s SPF 50 Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer!

This research-powered SPF primer is infused with Hyaluronic Acid, pollution defence and SPF 50 to protect, hydrate and perfectly prime your skin! The weightless, satin-smooth texture glides on and instantly absorbs into your skin with an invisible finish!

Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer is the ultimate soft-focus beauty glow filter that creates the most beautiful flawless, poreless looking canvas for makeup whilst providing hydration and essential daily UVA/UVB defence with SPF 50 for everyone of every age, skin type and skin tone!

Apply daily after your magic moisturiser and before your makeup, darlings! This is the final step in your skin ritual and the first step of your makeup routine! It’s an absolutely amazing product that has won many awards. I can not count the times I have finished and restocked this primer, even on no make up days I use it after my regular moisturizer! It glides on the skin, light enough but it makes the skin glowing and hydrated! For me it is a cult product.

YOU CAN SHOP THE INVISIBLE UV FLAWLESS PORELESS PRIMER HERE.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht
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Each season, Christian Louboutin takes a bold leap into a design odyssey, honoring a region close to his aesthetic heart through his iconic tote collections. This year’s spotlight? Brittany. The BREIZCABA encapsulates a narrative of history, personal connection, and cultural preservation. Christian Louboutin, renowned for his iconic red-soled shoes and a deep-rooted respect for craftsmanship, guides us through the rich mosaic of his familial ties to Brittany, a region that fuels his creative spirit.

Brittany is «a region unlike any other, brought alive by myths and legends which the Breton people still embrace today,» says Christian Louboutin.

The BREIZCABA bags are meticulously crafted at the historic Le Minor workshop in Brittany, where artisans blend century-old techniques with Louboutin’s visionary design. This workshop is a guardian of Breton embroidery techniques, increasingly rare in today’s fast-paced fashion scene, ensuring each needlework detail adds to the tote’s allure and keeps a dying art alive. The initiative behind the BREIZCABA also reaches into the realms of philanthropy. A portion of the proceeds from sales supports the restoration of the Georges Delasalle gardens on the island of Batz, which were severely damaged by a recent storm. This philanthropic effort holds a special place in Louboutin’s heart and underscores his deep commitment to Brittany.

How cute is this Breizcaba embellished embroidered felt and leather-trimmed canvas tote?!

Moreover, the BREIZCABA acts as a talisman, adorned with symbols of luck and spiritual motifs from Brittany. The Triskelion, an ancient Celtic symbol reinterpreted for the bag’s lining, represents life’s continuity and movement.

TO SHOP THE CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN BREIZCABA COLLECTION, CLICK HERE PLEASE.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Christian Louboutin
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Each year in celebration of World’s Ocean Day, that is celebrated on the 8th of June, La Mer continues their quest to give back to the glorious entity that gave them so much, the ocean.

When founder Dr. Max Huber discovered the particularly nutrient-rich Giant Sea Kelp, he was inspired to harness the ocean’s legendary healing powers by bio-fermenting it along with other natural, skin-boosting ingredients like magnesium and iron, to formulate the heart of the La Mer line, the iconic Miracle Broth™.

Reflecting the ongoing commitment to ocean conservation, this year’s limited-edition Blue Heart Crème de La Mer is an artistic interpretation of the power of Giant Sea Kelp, and a painterly portrayal of the healing moisture that waits within. Those jars have already collector’s status.

YOU CAN SHOP THE LA MER BLUE HEART 2024 LIMITED EDITION HERE.
Your purchase of this commemorative Blue Heart Crème de la Mer does not impact La Mer’s charitable donations.

Take La Mer on your next escape, so you can hydrate, revitalize and glow on the go.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht
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Pink love – strolling through the secret gems inside the Byblos Saint Tropez, from Moroccan-style fountains to hidden gardens, the famous hotel invites you to discover the charm of the South of France.

My look: Pink belted cardigan with dark blue trompe-l’œil effect (Look 12 S/S 2021), soft pink slip dress, Chanel 19 bag in rose leather, tweed ballerinas, choker necklace for AirPods, and three long pearl necklaces, all by CHANEL, and embellished heart sunglasses by Gucci.

Fragrance: Comète – LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Michael HJ Lopez Photographie / Sandra Bauknecht
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The latest addition to its LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL fragrance collection, aptly named COMÈTE, is inspired by the cosmos and I am absolutely obsessed.

Each of these Eaux de Parfum in the collection reveals one of Gabrielle Chanel’s character traits, writing a page from her life, sketching the outlines of one of her designs, or illustrating a symbol that guided her steps. COMÈTE is literally born under a lucky star.

Gabrielle Chanel let the stars be her guide, revolutionising the world of jewellery in 1932 with her unique «Bijoux de Diamants» collection and its legendary Comète necklace, whose shooting star nestles into the hollow of the neck.

«I WANTED TO COVER WOMEN IN CONSTELLATIONS. STARS! (…) SEE THESE COMETS, WHERE THE HEAD GLITTERS ON A SHOULDER, AND THE SPARKLING TAIL SLIPS BEHIND THE SHOULDERS TO FALL BACK DOWN IN A SHOWER OF STARS ON THE CHEST…»

Gabrielle Chanel.

Intensely floral and luminous, COMÈTE explores a new olfactory identity in the LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL collection. Rich and powdery, sophisticated and complex, it is a universe in itself. A fresh cherry blossom accord, luminous and intense, is elevated by sensual notes of heliotrope and iris in this intense floral «stardust» scent, which is housed in a bottle whose design aligns with the sober aesthetic created for the collection.

COMÈTE. A new star in the constellation of LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL is in stores now for CHF 245 (75ML) and CHF 440 (200ML).

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © CHANEL
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Another designer who steps into the fast food trend this season is Saint Laurent with its latest bag that will capture the attention of It girls everywhere. As the name suggests, Saint Laurent’s Take-Away bag finds inspiration in takeaway containers. Mimicking the well-known box that comes bearing your favourite cuisine, this embossed piece promises to add some fun to your accessory rotation, while the logo hardware reinforces that it is the most expensive happy meal daily.

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It’s a little more pricey than your average cheeseburger and french fries combo meal. The style comes in camel with gold hardware and black with silver hardware, engraved with the diamond-shaped YSL monogram.⁠

The Embossed Take-Away Box Bag by Saint Laurent is available here.

However, this style has been sported before by CHANEL (Paris – Shanghai Pre-fall 2010) and Moschino (F/W 2014). As I always say, keep your pieces, there will always be a time again!

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © YSL and © Sandra Bauknecht
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