Dickies
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- For the Los Angeles punk rock band, see The Dickies.
Williamson–Dickie, more commonly referred to as Dickies, is an American company that manufactures clothing and other accessories, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
[edit] Overview
"The Dickies Outfit" is a piece of workwear. It is typically worn by blue collar workers who normally consider them durable and functional. Dickies have generally been known as producers of quality workwear. The Dickies outfit has evolved in its uses, since its creation in 1922.
The Dickies company also makes and or licenses shoes, socks, bags, packs, guitar straps and other accessories, school uniform shirts, slacks, trousers, and jackets.
[edit] Popularity
Khakis, as Dickies pants were known, would be ironed and starched in the 1960s and 1970s. Sometimes they would be cut to be made into shorts, but this was not until the 1980s and certainly did not appear fashionable. The styles of Dickies pants that are worn today are much thicker in material than a couple of decades ago.
Despite the fact that Dickies clothing has traditionally been worn by blue-collar workers, some white-collar urbanites—particularly hipsters—also consider items of Dickies clothing, usually the work pants, to be at least moderately "hip" fashion accessories.
Dickies shirts and pants are also popular among several subcultures—such as skateboarders, punk rockers, lowriders, gang bangers and taggers. These subcultures—primarily skaters and rockers—wearing Dickies work pants usually sport the sagging fashion style.
