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 was sold in 2017 for $820 million to VF Corporation, a branded apparel company. They have announced Thursday they are moving Dickies to Costa Mesa, California.

Dickies, whose roots reach back to 1922, is moving its headquarters to Costa Mesa, Calif., according to a spokesperson. The move will affect about

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 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, one of the best known workwear brands in the country, will move its headquarters from Fort Worth to Costa Mesa to be with street wear icon Vans, its sister brand.