2005 : The brand becomes profitable. January: Receives the Fashion Group International's Rising Star award for best new retail concept. April: Burch appears on Oprah; toryburch.com scores eight million hits the following day. September: For spring 2006, she changes the name of the company from Tory by TRB to Tory Burch. Introduces swimwear.
Burch attended the Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, where she rode horses, was captain of the tennis team, and was a friend of jewelry designer Kara Ross (they remain friends today). Her first job was at Benetton in the King of Prussia Mall. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the women's sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. She majored in art history, and graduated in 1988.