Dickies and Opening Ceremony are thrilled to announce the release of a special collaboration, in which authentic workwear silhouettes meet Made-in-Italy-fabrics and premium trims to create timeless, unisex styles.
Over the last two decades, Opening Ceremony Co-Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have paid tribute to classic and quintessential designs while refreshing them with unexpected twists, and they continue forging this path with this latest Dickies & Opening Ceremony collaboration.
The collection – which is the last chapter of Opening Ceremony’s 20th anniversary celebrations and is part of Dickies’ centennial year – features four unisex styles: work pants and shirts in bouclé tweed fabrics and utility jeans and jackets in velvet denim. “This is an incredible moment for the two iconic brands to reimagine classic Dickies products through the Opening Ceremony spirit. Opening Ceremony is known for pushing boundaries of fashion and creativity and we at Dickies champion the mark that they have made.” Dickies’ Chief Marketing Officer, Sarah Crockett.
“We selected the most iconic workwear staples from Dickies’ archive and turned them into precious instant favorites.” says Co-Creative Director Carol Lim. “We imagined how these classics could be reinterpreted as way to pay homage to our community.”
For the campaign of this special collaboration, Dickies and Opening Ceremony team up with Grammy-nominated writer-director Andrew Thomas Huang, a talented creator of hybrid fantasy worlds and mythical dreamscapes. Over the years, Huang has collaborated with Björk, FKA Twigs, and Thom Yorke among others.
“Andrew Thomas Huang shoots a day in the life of ‘makers,’” says Co-creative Director Humberto Leon. “As we navigate this world, we capture this influential group in a fantastical intimate setting of being out and about while settling at home”.
This group of “makers” includes:
- Poppy Liu, first-generation Chinese American Actor and Producer that brings their identity as a queer migrant person of the API diaspora into art and entertainment. Poppy can be seen most recently as Kiki in the critically acclaimed HBOMax series Hacks for which she was SAG-nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Prior to this, Poppy has appeared on television in Wedding Season, Tales of the Walking Dead, Sunnyside, Better Call Saul, iCarly, Dollface, and New Amsterdam. Upcoming projects include Dead Ringers (Amazon Prime), The Afterparty S2 (Apple TV), American Born Chinese (Disney+), and the feature film Space Cadet (Amazon Prime.)
- Mez Monty, the up-and-coming DJ and Event Producer, best known for highlighting nightlight scenery with a fresh, but decidedly old-school vibe
- Georgina Trevino, the contemporary Artist and Jeweler who conquered the hearts of pop stars such as Rosalia, Lady Gaga and Lizzo with jewels made from unconventional materials. She lately collaborated with Beyoncé for her Renaissance release. Opening Ceremony x Dickies collection is styled with Trevino’s jewelry, adding another layer of collaboration.
Poppy Liu offers: “I love that both brands make clothes that you can live in. Beyond the designs, these two brands celebrate diversity authentically and see the empowerment and pride that comes from creating – that’s the spirit that more of the world needs to embrace.”
The Dickies & Opening Ceremony Collection is available at openingceremony.com, dickies.com, farfetch.com and select retailers and wholesale partners around the world.
About Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony is a platform for discovery and inspiration. It celebrates uniqueness, diversity, and inclusivity in fashion. From 2002 to 2020, Opening Ceremony has been a multi-faceted global community with retail spaces in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. On January 13, 2020, the company was acquired by New Guards Group. Today, the brand owns an in-house clothing line and an e-commerce store. Every year, Opening Ceremony continues to grow, working with a network of friends and contributors to forge a creative environment that spans the globe and reaches far beyond the fashion world.
About Dickies
Since the company’s introduction almost 100 years ago, workers from all walks of life choose Dickies as their number one choi ce when it comes to durable, functional, rugged garments. Whether tattoo artists, skaters, custom bike builders or construction workers, it’s thanks to this vast workwear heritage and adoption of the brand through different subcultures that Dickies has become so much more than clothes just to work in.
