Supreme x Dickies Leather Work Vest
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — Dickies
Diamond Quilted Nylon Vest (TE242)
About the original
The Dickies Leather Work Vest is a full-grain leather workwear vest from Dickies, the Fort Worth, Texas workwear manufacturer founded by C.N. Williamson and E.E. Dickie in 1922. The body is cut in a chore-vest pattern with snap-closure chest pockets, lower hand pockets, and a snap front. Construction uses a heavy leather shell with a cotton-twill lining: Dickies’ standard work-vest interior. The brand has produced cotton-duck and twill versions of this silhouette throughout its workwear catalog since the 1920s; the leather build is a less common variant. The Supreme FW23 collaboration uses the same Dickies pattern in leather with a Dickies woven patch at the chest and co-branded interior labels.
About Dickies
Dickies is an American workwear brand founded in 1922 by C. N. Williamson and E. E. "Colonel" Dickie in Fort Worth, Texas, when the cousins purchased an existing bib-overall company and renamed it Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing. The 874 work pant, introduced in 1967, became the brand's defining product and a staple of skate, hip-hop, and Chicano subcultures from the 1990s onward. VF Corporation acquired Williamson-Dickie in 2017 for $820 million, and Bluestar Alliance bought the brand from VF in 2025 for roughly $600 million. Supreme has collaborated with Dickies on 874 pants, work jackets, and coveralls.
