number of locations 46 march 2016 products clothing accessories parent foschini group website whistles whistles is a clothing brand with 46 stores across the uk . it was founded in the 1976 by lucille and richard lewin . in january 2008 jane shepherdson former topshop director signed a deal to purchase a 20 per cent stake in whistles and was appointed the job of chief executive . 2 in march 2016 whistles and its 46 shops was bought by the south african retailer foschini group . 3 style edit in the past the style of whistles was described as having a pretty but decidedly yummy mummy ish air . 4 since shepherdson s appointment as chief executive the clothes were said to have cleaner silhouettes with a more sophisticated palette ; baby pinks and lilacs have made way for olives camel china blue tea rose and yes plenty of black and the detailing has a quirky vintage feel rather than being fussy . 4 references edit whistles fashioencyclopedia.com . retrieved 9 october 2015 . davey jenny 2008 02 03 . return of fashion queen jane shepherdson . times online . london . retrieved 2008 06 13 . http www.theguardian.com business 2016 mar 24 whistles bought by south africas foschini group a b long carola 2008 09 08 . belles and whistles . the independent . retrieved 2008 12 17 . this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whistles & oldid 711759057 categories clothing companies of the united kingdombritish brandsfashion stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 24 march 2016 at 18 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view