Dictionary Definition
torrid adj
1 characterized by intense emotion; "ardent
love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire
to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an
impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, burning(a),
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid]
2 emotionally charged and vigorously energetic;
"a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid
rhythms"
3 burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot;
"the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn:
sultry]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Very hot and dry.
- Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
- Full of difficulty.
Derived terms
Translations
very hot and dry full of intense emotions...- French: torride
- Finnish: palava, intohimoinen, kiihkeä
Extensive Definition
- ''For the torrid zone, see tropics.
Torrid began their operations in mid-April 2001,
with their first store in the Brea Mall in
Brea,
California. Torrid currently has over 170 stores in operation
across America.
The store's clothing styles are aimed at an age
demographic that ranges from older teenage girls to women in their
late twenties. In 2005 Torrid began featuring more mainstream
clothing and took a break from its past as a "plus size Hot Topic."
Torrid sells accessories, shoes, jewelry, novelty tee shirts,
fashion tops, pants, capris, shorts, skirts, dresses, outerwear,
intimate apparel, hosiery, gifts, and beauty products. Torrid looks
to fashion icons, runway trends, music influences, and pop-culture
as they relate to the Torrid girls’ various lifestyles to get
inspiration for development of the product mix.
Torrid's product mix is approximately 50% Torrid
private
label, and 50% well-known fashion brands like Dickies
Girl,Tripp,
Freestyle
Revolution, and Z.
Cavaricci. Torrid is located in 36 states. The vast majority of
stores are in California. At
present they only have stores in the United States, although they
do ship worldwide on their
Website. The chain's MySpace page offers up-to-date information
Torrid MySpace
Models
Torrid uses both professional and amateur plus-size models in its advertising circulars and online catalog images. Beginning in 2006, Torrid hosts an annual Model Search Contest that tours several cities around the U.S. in search of new talent.Torrid selects models that best represent their
desired customer base of young, trendy full-figured women. Such
women include 2007 American
Idol winner Jordin
Sparks, whom Torrid discovered prior to Idol during the 2006
Model Search in Arizona.
Torrid featured models include celebrities such
as plus-size actress Kaycee Stroh
from Disney's High
School Musical, Hairsprays
Nikki
Blonsky, David
Hasselhoff's daughter Hayley
Hasselhoff, Christina
Schmidt from
Degrassi: The Next Generation (seasons 1-3) and singer Beth
Ditto.
Torrid Editorial Coverage
Torrid clothes and accessories have been feautured in magazines such as Cosmopolitan Magazine, Glamour, Ebony, Essence, In Touch, Latina, People, Seventeen, US Weekly, and Bust.External links
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
amorous, ardent, arid, baking, blazing, blistering, blistery, boiling, broiling, burning, burning hot, canicular, cooking, ebullient, erotic, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, grilling, heated, hot, hot as fire, hot as hell,
hot-blooded, humid,
impassioned,
inflamed, intense, like a furnace, like an
oven, lustful, muggy, overheated, overwarm, parched, parching, passionate, piping hot,
red-hot, roasting,
scalding, scorched, scorching, searing, seething, sexy, simmering, sizzling, sizzling hot, smoking
hot, steaming, steamy, stifling, sudorific, sultry, sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, toasting, tropical, white-hot