Frommer's Review
She's a one-woman show, a locally born artiste who designs and weaves her own textiles before cutting them into the kind of artfully "bohemian" garment that women as far away as California would fight to own. All of this occurs within a studio/sales outlet that overflows with weaving and dressmaking techniques that originated 4,000 years before the birth of Christ, although in this case with combinations of silk, cotton, linen, wool, and cashmere whose textures absolutely scream out to be touched. No other dressmaker in Switzerland crafts garments this way, or with as much innate "soul." Colors we crave that seem, at least here, perennially attractive include pumpkin, persimmon, wheat, and several heavenly shades of ochre and blue. When, one asks, will the editors at Vogue discover this treasure, and which female U.S. politicians would look fabulous in this kind of garment? (Clinton? Pelosi?) Garments, each completely original and one-of-a-kind, cost from 500F to 1,600F ($410-$1,312/£213-£682) each. Anne-Claude herself is usually on-site, engagingly showcasing her craft and her looms, usually with a tape measure thrown around her neck that her fans view as a combination fashion accessory and badge of honor.
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