Dickies’ parent company struggled since the pandemic. Will moving Dickies to California be enough to right its finances ... and keep the Fort Worth-born brand alive?

Dickies, a clothing brand long synonymous with Texas, is packing up its headquarters and moving to California, marking a major shift for the iconic Texas-based company that has been in the Lone Star State for more than a century.

The workwear brand Dickies is shedding its Texas headquarters and moving to Costa Mesa, part of restructuring and cost-savings measures by its parent company, VF Corp., which manages Vans and