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Dickies

Friday the 13th: The New Black

January 12, 2012

What’s up with our superstitions? We have walking under ladders and the whole black cat thing. And then there’s Friday the 13th. No superstition gives us greater pause than our Friday the 13th thingamabob. We’re here to dispel the spell we’ve cast on ourselves regarding this. Because Julia Louis-Dreyfus (you know, Elaine from “Seinfeld”) was [...]

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Countering the Post-Cyber Monday Blues

November 28, 2011

Did we shop these past few days? Was it pleasant? Was there any way to cut in front of that family of…12…with four shopping carts set up like a train derailment right in front of us? Was there a way to turn off that music? Did we skip the crowds and surf the net until [...]

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Dickies Workwear for Simple and Smart Living

September 24, 2011

Sometimes, the most simple way is the easiest, and the most rewarding. We’re thinking here of buying a movie ticket, popcorn and a soda and then watching the movie without sitting behind, say, a basketball team. Or walking down the street with nobody lolly-gagging with their noses pressed to their smart phones. Or knowing why [...]

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September Events in Store, Great Clothing in Stock

August 31, 2011

As a public service, we want to remind you that tomorrow marks the beginning of September…and some absolutely terrific celebrations around the world. In the Netherlands, the queen will ride in a gilded coach and read plans for the fiscal year to members of parliament. The US football season begins this month. Oh, Autumn begins, [...]

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Dickies Clothes: No Mickey Mouse Operation

July 18, 2011

Today in history: In 1955, Disneyland opened for business in Southern California. Almost 30,000 people showed up (they expected 11,000). A plumbers strike meant an executive decision between toilets that flushed or drinking fountains that worked (Disney opted for the toilets). The freshly poured asphalt went soft in the 100-degree weather. The concession stands ran [...]

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A Kardashian, Jerry Garcia, “Star Wars” and Dickies

June 26, 2011

Okay, tomorrow is Khloé Kardashian’s birthday. She’ll be 27 years old, further proving our point that the US population is divided into two categories: those who first watched “Star Wars” at the movie theater, and those who watched it on first on the smaller screen (via your choice of VCR, DVD, hand-held media device, etc.). [...]

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Sneaking Through the Alley with Dickies

May 13, 2011

We want to share with you a pretty remarkable place in Manhattan, but we can’t tell you where precisely it is because…well, we want to keep it to ourselves for just a while longer. It’s an alley, and it’s in Chinatown. There. That’s all you’ll get from us about location. What makes the alley remarkable [...]

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This Day in History: You Wear Great Clothes

March 29, 2011

As a public service, we’d like to prepare you for March 30th in terms of how the day’s gone throughout history. On this day…In 1863, Greece picks a Danish prince as its king (don’t ask; it’s a bit like LeBron James moving from Cleveland to Miami; but don’t ask). In 1909, the Queensboro Bridge opens, [...]

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A Touch of Green

March 17, 2011

Everywhere we looked today, people were wearing green. Green shirts, green pants, green hats. There were green stickers on cars and business doors. We know it was a tough winter around here, and people might be campaigning for spring to come early (three more days; tough it out, we say). And today’s weather was terrifically [...]

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The Five Fs of Clothing Comfort

March 16, 2011

Along comes a theory that there are four Fs to clothing comfort: Fashion, Feel, Fit and Function. And while we accept the hypothesis, our research indicates that it seems only 80% baked. That is, we’re missing one essential F, one all-encompassing word that transforms the idea into clothing’s version of a theory of everything. And [...]

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