Whistles in the fast lane
She means Kate Middleton: The duchess is arguably the most significant among Whistles’ profile-boosting celebrity clientele (see also: Samantha Cameron, Alexa Chung, Keira Knightley, Florence Welch).
“No, but all my staff have. She’s always in the store. Jo [the manager of Whistles Kings Road] will go, ‘Oh yeah, Kate was in the other day...’” While Kate Cambridge is undoubtedly helping to make Whistles a success — Shepherdson says they see an upsweep in sales every time Kate is photographed wearing the brand, and that, “Now I talk to people about us in America or in Canada and they know it. They absolutely know it.
