Wet Seal is a young women's clothing retailer heaquartered in Foothill Ranch, California. It carries moderately priced brand name and company-designed apparel and accessories. The company sells pop-culture/vintage cute clothes and was founded in Newport Beach, California by Lorne Huycke in 1962 as "Lorne's." The "Wet Seal" name comes from a comment Lorne Huycke made during a fashion show commenting that a model wearing a bathing suit looked like a "wet seal."