Hickson Inc.

Hickson Inc.
	A c. 1913 Hickson label
Company type	Women's Clothing
Industry	Fashion
Founded	1902; 122 years ago in New York City, New York, United States
Founder	Caroline "Carrie" Hickson-Kennedy; Kathryn "Kate" Hickson; Richard J. Hickson;
Defunct	September 1931; 93 years ago
Fate	Bankrupt
Successor	Nelson-Hickson Inc.
Headquarters	New York, United States
Owner	Richard J. Hickson; Leslie M. Hickson; Philip S. Crooks;

Hickson Inc. was a high-class fashion retailer, designer, and department store in New York City in the early decades of the twentieth century. The firm started as a men's tailor but evolved to be what the designer Howard Greer described as "the most elegant and expensive specialty shop on Fifth Avenue."^[1]

In the 1910s, the firm dressed actresses in silent movies, and 1926, it opened a purpose-built store in a corner position on Fifth Avenue. It worked with Madeleine Vionnet and Georges Matchabelli. Charvet & Fils took space in their store. However, in 1931, at the start of the Great Depression, they filed for bankruptcy. Several Hickson creations are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

^ Greer, Howard. (1951) Designing Male. New York: Putnam. p. 205.

[greer-1] Greer, Howard. (1951) Designing Male. New York: Putnam. p. 205.

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