Dickies clothing brand is moving from Texas to California, marking a rare corporate switch after several companies relocated from California to the southern state. The Los Angeles Times reported that the company will be moving from Fort Worth to Costa Mesa to share a space with its sister brand Vans.

The headquarters of Texas workwear brand Dickies is relocating from Fort Worth to the Los Angeles metro area. VF Corporation, which acquired Dickies in 2017, plans to move Dickies to an existing brand campus the company maintains in Costa Mesa,

The move represents a real estate consolidation by VF Corp., which owns Dickies and Vans as well as outdoorsy brands the North Face, Timberland and JanSport.

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.

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?

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