Everyday Casual Dresses. While floor-length dresses used to be associated with formal evening wear, they are now a very chic dress option for everyday wear. A very popular casual floor-length dress is the maxi dress. The maxi dress is an informal, comfortable dress that can be worn to the beach, on a date, or to the office.
The Nike Swoosh is a corporate trademark created in 1971 by Carolyn Davidson, while she was a graphic design student at Portland State University. It was here that she met Phil Knight, who was at the time teaching accounting classes at the university.
Nike, Inc. Apple Inc. Nike, Inc., formerly called (1964â78) Blue Ribbon Sports, American sportswear company headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. It was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman, a track-and-field coach at the University of Oregon, and his former student Phil Knight. They opened their first retail outlet in 1966 and launched the Nike brand shoe in 1972. The company was renamed Nike, Inc., in 1978 and went public two years later.