Torrid is a women's retail chain formerly owned by Hot Topic. While it is still under the same parent umbrella as Hot Topic, in 2015 the company branched off to become Torrid, LLC. The store offers plus-size clothing and accessories for women and teenage girls sizes 10- 30. Torrid began to offer 00 size (size 10) clothing in store as well as some size 6, 30 clothing in their stores. Torrid began operations in April 2001. The first location opened in the Brea Mall in Brea, California. Torrid currently has over 400 stores in operation across 36 states in the United States. Torrid opened its first store location in Canada (Toronto) in August 2015.