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Still, Torrid has a fashion edge that differentiates it from other retailers. The store's floor-to-ceiling racks are filled with black corsets, sassy T shirts (notice me. your boyfriend is about to), leather pants, lace-up jeans, plaid miniskirts, even sexy lingerie--much of it with sought-after teenage labels like Paris Blues, HotKiss and Dickies. The store's lush look (New Orleans romantic fantasy meets Gothic) is unique too. Red-vinyl-upholstered benches ring the shoe area, hand-blown chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and gargoyles grace the cash-wrap...
Will black-lace-trimmed purple panties play in Peoria? Why not? Cool is the common denominator of teens everywhere. "Torrid makes it so you don't want to hate yourself," says Maria Gutierrez, 17, who recently drove 40 miles to the Brea store to look for a prom dress. The challenge for Torrid is to stay true to its mission: to serve disenfranchised customers, like Gutierrez, who want to fit in but also want to stand out. --With reporting by Deborah Edler Brown/Brea
Poet Samuel Coleridge described drama as “that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.” I was reminded of this quote upon revisiting Joseph Kesselring’s classic comedy Arsenic and Old Lace in a sharp production that transports a theatergoer with delight into a world of unrepentant absurdity...
Arsenic and Old Lace...
...encourage the giving and receiving of love—would be just fine. Everybody stay home and love. Doesn’t matter who or how—just love. Adopt a puppy, go on a road trip with your best friend, buy something black with a bit of lace. Whatever. That guy down the hall who needs a hug, give him a hug. Haven’t called your mom in a while? Great, give her a ring. Ask the girl with a great sense of humor out for coffee. Yes, that’s a holiday...