Dickies

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American apparel brand

title: "Dickies" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["clothing-companies-of-the-united-states", "clothing-companies-established-in-1918", "manufacturing-companies-based-in-fort-worth,-texas", "jeans-by-brand", "punk-fashion", "working-class-culture-in-the-united-states", "workwear", "1918-establishments-in-texas", "2025-mergers-and-acquisitions"] description: "American apparel brand" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickies" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameWilliamson-Dickie Mfg. Co.
logoDickies logo.svg
typeSubsidiary
industryClothing
foundation
founderC. N. Williamson
E. E. "Colonel" Dickie
locationCosta Mesa, California U.S.
area_servedWorldwide
productsWorkwear
key_peopleDenny Bruce (CEO)
parentBluestar Alliance
homepage
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The U.S. corporate division was founded in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1922 by C. N. Williamson and E. E. "Colonel" Dickie, who began a denim bib overall company selling workwear to farm and ranch hands around the Southwest.

History

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Cousins C. N. Williamson and E. E. "Colonel" Dickie were successful salesmen and had already spent 25 years together selling hats in Texas southwest territory. In 1918, they and a few friends established the U.S. Overall Company in Fort Worth, Texas.

Then, in 1922, Col. Dickie, C. N. Williamson and his son C. D. Williamson purchased 100% of the Overall Company on a one-third-each basis and renamed it Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company.

From its early years, Williamson-Dickie enjoyed steady growth which was slowed only by the Great Depression, and during World War II the company produced millions of uniforms for the nation's armed forces. In converting to civilian production after the war, C. Don Williamson began a strategy of geographical expansion and established new production facilities, warehouses, and sales territories throughout the United States.

In the late 1950s, Williamson-Dickie became an international company by expanding into the European market and the Middle Eastern market—where Texas oilmen introduced the Dickies brand to Middle Eastern oil fields.

In 2008, five years before buying Walls, it acquired Kodiak Group Holdings Inc. of Canada. In 2014, Jerry Leigh of California became the exclusive licensee for Dickies Girl juniors' apparel.

VF Corporation acquired Williamson-Dickie in 2017 for $820 million in cash. In late November 2024, it was announced that Dickies' headquarters would be relocating to California by the end of May 2025.

On November 12, 2025, it was announced that Bluestar Alliance LLC had completed its acquisition of Dickies from VF Corporation for approximately $600 million in cash.

Williamson-Dickie Europe Ltd

Williamson-Dickie Europe Ltd is based in the U.K. in Westfield, Somerset. Previously known as Dickies UK, this division of the company now operates across the entirety of Europe and the Middle East for both the workwear and streetwear product ranges.

Retail and collaborations

Dickies is sold in the U.S., Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Australia, Russia, Chile, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Iceland, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Croatia, the Philippines, Poland, Mongolia, and Mexico.

In June 2020, Dickies collaborated with the Japanese brand FACETASM creating a capsule collection.

References

References

  1. (2 December 2024). "ICYMI: Clothing manufacturer Dickies moves headquarters from Texas to California".
  2. (2020-08-27). "Dickies History: Founding, Timeline, and Milestones".
  3. "Still Built to Work a Brief History of Dickies".
  4. [http://www.williamsondickie.com/press-releases/58/Williamson-Dickie-Manufacturing-Company-Acquires-Walls-Industries "Dickies® Acquires Walls Industries.]" [[Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company]], June 3, 2013.
  5. [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080401006549/en/Dickies-Acquires-Kodiak-Group-Holdings "Dickies® Acquires Kodiak Group Holdings Inc."] [[Business Wire]], April 01, 2008
  6. [http://www.williamsondickie.com/press-releases/55/Williamson-Dickie-Mfg.-Co.-Signs-New-Juniors-Apparel-License "Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co. Signs New Junior Apparel License"]. [[Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company]], December 10, 2014.
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170815065223/http://fortune.com/video/2017/08/14/vf-corp-buys-dickies-for-820-million/ "VF Corp buys Dickies for $820 million"], ''[[Fortune (magazine). Fortune]]''.
  8. [https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/11/25/clothing-company-dickies-is-leaving-texas-for-california-in-2025/76566775007/ Texas-based company 'Dickies' headquarters is relocating to California] Marley Malenfant, USA TODAY, 25 November 2024
  9. (November 26, 2024). "Dickies to move HQ from Texas to Southern California". Los Angeles Times.
  10. "VF Corporation Completes Sale of Dickies® to Bluestar Alliance". Business Wire.
  11. "Dickies history site".
  12. "ファセッタズム : FACETASM - ファッションプレス".
  13. Exposito, Adrian Gomis. (2020-06-03). "Dickies X FACETASM - An Unexpected Collaboration Vanity Teen 虚荣青年 Lifestyle & New Faces Magazine".

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