Hickson Inc. was a high-class fashion retailer, designer, and department store in New York City in the early decades of the twentieth century.

The firm started as a men's tailor but evolved to be what the designer Howard Greer described as "the most elegant and expensive specialty shop on Fifth Avenue.

[3] The firm started as a men's tailor but evolved into a high-class dress salon that the designer Howard Greer, who worked there for a short time, described as "the most elegant and expensive specialty shop on Fifth Avenue.

[4] In February 1921, it was reported that Hickson was to make the gown, wrap, and hat to be worn by Florence Harding at her husband's inauguration as 29th President of the United States.

"[8] In 1924,[9] Hickson began to work with Madeleine Vionnet as she re-established her business in Paris and New York after closing during World War I.

[16] Singer kept the fashion retailing business going at the same 660 Fifth Avenue building;[17] shortly after, the company was renamed to Nelson-Hickson Inc., following a partnership with clothing designer Anne Nelson.