Whistles Fall 2018 Ready-To-Wear....Fashionweekly..On Fow24news.com

It’s not in Whistles’s nature to attribute its collections to niche themes or fleeting trends. Instead, the London-based high-street label offers cost-effective, intuitively designed clothing that reflects what its core woman needs and desires from season to season. More often than not, its impulses are right.....
For Fall 2018, the in-house design team placed a renewed focus on texture, offering tactile separates, tailoring, and outerwear in a plush, autumnal palette. The knitwear, for starters, was generously cut so as to fully envelop the wearer. There were teased mohair roll-necks, wool scoop-necks, and homespun V-neck jumpers with ample sleeves and cuffs, which will work wonders with a pair of the line’s high-waist corduroy slacks or supple leather joggers.

For smarter occasions—or, hell, even a confidence boost—there were simple, well-crafted pantsuits in vivid shades of claret or sage that had a slight slouch to them (ergo: good with sneakers and heels). Not to mention the louche, kimono-style two-piece suit that was rendered in velvet with floral devoré indents and a long tasseled waist belt for good measure.

Evening dresses had a ’70s bohemian feel, boasting long, fluid silhouettes with frilled cap sleeves and variations on a winter foliage print that was inspired by retro wallpapers. Yet, it was a mustard-color silk wrap dress with a monochrome bloom motif that will likely command the most attention after dark—and, indeed, graces the front of the brand’s lookbook for the season.

By and large, however, coats were the high point and Whistles’s loyal clientele will have no shortage of options come September. Versatile wrap coats (a continuation from last winter) spun from a soft, textured wool are a clever stalwart and will appeal to classicists of all ages. While those wanting to make more of a statement might like to consider the slick chocolate brown leather trench or the shaggy “teddy” sheepskin coat—topped off with one of the collection’s open-weave scarf-cum-blankets, of course.