Torrid - Fashion Company Profile
Torrid is the plus-size women's fashion retailer designing for sizes 10 to 30 - founded in 2001 inside Hot Topic, taken public by Sycamore Partners in 2021 (NYSE: CURV), and still, in its own phrase, maniacally focused on fit.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - several hundred stores in the U.S. and Canada plus torrid.com; the estate is smaller than the 600-plus stores of its 2023 record after a closure program
- Type
- Public - Torrid Holdings Inc., New York Stock Exchange: CURV (IPO July 2021); largest shareholder Sycamore Partners, about 59 percent after its June 2025 sell-down
- Headquarters
- City of Industry, California, United States
- Founded
- 2001, as the plus-size brand of Hot Topic
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Company Profile
Torrid trades today as a small-cap public company: Sycamore Partners remains its largest shareholder after selling part of its stake in 2025, and the store estate has been trimmed from the 600-plus in its record toward a smaller, more profitable core alongside torrid.com. The proposition is unchanged - apparel, denim, dresses, intimates and activewear cut for curvy bodies - and the shop box above covers Torrid product, which both marketplaces carry.
Fit, in Torrid's account, is an environment as much as a size range: an inclusive and welcoming store experience designed to drive long-standing relationships with customers whom the rest of the fashion industry historically under-served. The assortment is broad because the customer shops a full wardrobe - the profile lists every major category from denim to swim-adjacent activewear - but the organizing claim never changes: the clothes are cut for curvy bodies first, not sized up from a smaller pattern.
From Hot Topic Spin-Off to Public Company
Torrid was founded in 2001 as a plus-size sibling to Hot Topic, and grew up inside that company before being separated: Sycamore Partners, which had taken Hot Topic private in 2013, spun Torrid out and took it public on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2021 under the symbol CURV. Sycamore remains the largest shareholder - about 59 percent after a June 2025 secondary offering in which it sold down part of its stake - and the company is headquartered in City of Industry, California.
The store estate has been shrinking from the 600-plus footprint in the profile above, with a closure program under way alongside the online business. What a shopper meets today is the same specialist the short filing describes - sizes 10 to 30, fit as the headline - now as a small-cap public company working through a difficult patch rather than a growth chain.
Common Questions
What sizes does Torrid carry?
Sizes 10 to 30 across tops, bottoms, denim, dresses, intimates, activewear, footwear and accessories - designed and fitted specifically for curvy women, which the company calls its highest priority.
Is Torrid a public company?
Yes: Torrid Holdings Inc. listed on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2021 under the symbol CURV. Its largest shareholder is Sycamore Partners, which held about 59 percent after selling down part of its stake in June 2025.
Where is Torrid based, and when was it founded?
City of Industry, California. Torrid was founded in 2001 as a plus-size brand within Hot Topic, and was later separated and taken public by Sycamore Partners.
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