Dickies

Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Clothing
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Founder	C. N. Williamson and E. E. "Colonel" Dickie
Headquarters	Wells, Somerset, U.K. Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Denny Bruce (CEO)
Products	Workwear
Parent	VF Corporation
Website	www.dickies.com

Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co. is a British-American apparel manufacturing company primarily known for its largest brand, Dickies. Williamson-Dickie Europe, originally called Clares, was founded in 1900 in Wells, Somerset, U.K. to provide the agricultural industry with hardware and work clothing. 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. Today, Dickies is a global brand found in more than 100 countries designing, manufacturing and selling workwear to the automotive, hospitality, construction and medical industries.^[1]