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UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
              reported):
May
                3,
                2006
THE
      DRESS BARN, INC
.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Connecticut
(State
      or
      other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-11736
06-0812960
Commission File
Number)
(I.R.S.
                Employer Identification
                No.)
30 Dunnigan Drive, Suffern, New
              York
10901
(Address of principal executive
              offices)
(Zip
                Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
              area
              code
(845)
                369-4500
Not
      Applicable
(Former
      Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions (ss General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written
                communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
                230.425)
o
Soliciting
                material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
                communication pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                204.13e-4(c))
ITEM
      2.02
      RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
On
      May 3,
      2006, The Dress Barn, Inc. issued a press release disclosing its sales results
      for its fiscal month of April 2006 and its fiscal third quarter ending April
      29,
      2006. The Company also updated its earnings per share guidance for its fiscal
      year ending July 29, 2006. A copy of this press release is attached hereto
      as
      Exhibit No. 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by
      reference into this Item 2.02.
The
      information in Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not
      be
      deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
      (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section,
      nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
      Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by
      specific reference in such filing.
ITEM
      9.01
      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c)
      Exhibits
Exhibit
              Number
Description
99.1
Press
                Release dated May 3, 2006.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
      duly authorized.
THE
                DRESS BARN, INC.
(Registrant)
Date:
              May 3, 2006
By:
/s/ ARMAND
              CORREIA
Armand
              Correia
Senior
                Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
                Officer)
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                Number
Description
99.1
Press
                    Release dated May 3, 2006.