Comments on: Monday Open Thread

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By: Angelle

Angelle — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:45:10 +0000

Torrid never fooled me. Their clothing (like someone else mentioned) seemed to infantilize fat women when it wasn’t just down right ugly. I found the clothing, in addition to be of poor quality came with the stench of desperation (maybe that’s why it cost so much!).

Like most plus sized retailers they operation on a faulty premise: fat people are just skinny people with MORE FAT. That’s bullshit. I am not a size 8 with more fluff, I’m a size 14, with my own unique body. It’s not merely about adding more fabric, but rather it should be about dressing THIS particularly body. I think Torrid is awful in this regard because it is still telling women there is a standard that you must aspire to in order to ever have a shot at being considered “attractive”, which is hardly size accepting or positive.

By: DiosaNegra1967

DiosaNegra1967 — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:51:39 +0000

Alas, they now have corset tops and the like, however, this whole thing has left a bad taste in my mouth….

And, I was really appreciating them….what a shame.

By: v'ron

v'ron — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:30:14 +0000

iva — i had the exact same question. And to remove the emotion from it, Actually, I had the same questions as Tim. What marketing person at Torrid thought that telling their customers, “Even if you buy our clothes, you still look lousy because you’re fat” was a good idea? why tell your target market “you’re not good enough”?

It devalues their brand: “Torrid: the store for people who aren’t thin enough.” “The store for the also-rans. The wanna-bes.” Gee, i really want to identify with that.

What possible business case could be made for this? I don’t even have to get into the emotional and annoying part of the decision. On a purely economic, business and marketing level, this is just plain stupid ass.

By: iva

iva — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:49:15 +0000

Um, if Torrid’s customers lose weight, won’t Torrid be losing customers?

By: mosessupposes

mosessupposes — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:35:16 +0000

“Damn Torrid, we finally get you in Alaska, I spend on you what I paid for my car, and you pull this.”

Katilane — I know; it hurts, doesn’t it? Bastards.

By: Joshuah

Joshuah — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:14:33 +0000

You know…

Torrid has been a big disappointment in my eyes for quite some time. I too am fortunate enough to be with one of the most gorgeous and intelligent women (also a businesswoman) on this planet. She was also a member of the Torrid team when they were first getting started. She had such passion and confidence for that company, that she even considered making it a career for a time.

That was until the changes started. She would come home and talk about all of the latest information that she was privy to and we would just be staggered by the poor decisions and mishandling of things.

When they went through their big image change, we debated. On one hand you saw them leaving their core audience that had helped to build them up to a respected and empowering business. On the other, you saw Torrid making a shift to a broader audience, which would be better in the long run for female fat acceptance.

But then you have the current situation. For shame indeed Torrid. The straw has finally broken the Camel’s back for me. This is a blatant endorsement of the propaganda that is perpetuated out there that fat is unhealthy and unattractive. FOR SHAME INDEED!

By: Sherie S

Sherie S — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:27:21 +0000

Does anyone know who the parent company of Torrid is? Nothing corporate America does surprises me. Weight obsession is one way billions get transferred from the middle class to the power elite. They don’t want it to stop, especially in a bad economy. I would not be surprized to find out that if you go high enough, some parent company up the chain has a financial interest in weight loss. I don’t know this to be a fact in Torrid’s case, but Nestle owns Jenny Craig, Unilever owns Ben and Jerry’s, Heinz owns (or used to) own Weight Watchers and so on! Not to mention interlocking board of directories. That is when members on one board of directors sits on the board of directors of a non competing company. For instance, a board member of Jenny Craig is also a board member of ABC. (Which is why they can’t go two minutes without a diet plug!) It is all so incestuous it is not even funny!!!

By: Kelly B

Kelly B — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:30:55 +0000

Well, we Canadians don’t have Torrid stores up here, but we can order from them…which I won’t be doing after reading this. They should be ashamed of themselves. Hopefully they really think about what has been articulately expressed here and give their collective heads a shake. Blech.