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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):
August
                29,
                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
(I.R.S.
                  Employer
Number)
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):
□
Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under
              the
              Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
□
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
              the
              Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
□
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(b))
□
Pre-commencement
                communication pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                204.13e-4(c))
ITEM
      1.01
      ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On
      August
      29, 2006, The Dress Barn, Inc. ("Dress Barn") and Mrs. Roslyn Jaffe, a member of
      the Board of Directors of Dress Barn (the "Board"), signed an agreement pursuant
      to which, effective as of July 30, 2006, Mrs. Jaffe would receive a supplemental
      retirement benefit of $50,000 per year for life (subject to a cost-of-living
      adjustment). The Board approved this retirement benefit in view of Mrs. Jaffe's
      role as co-founder of Dress Barn and her 44 years of service to Dress
      Barn.
A
      copy of
      the Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein
      by
      reference.
ITEM
      9.01
      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c)
      Exhibits
Exhibit
              Number
Description
99.1
Agreement
              dated August 29, 2006 between Mrs. Roslyn S. Jaffe and The Dress Barn,
              Inc.
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: August 30, 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
Agreement
                dated August 29, 2006 between Mrs. Roslyn S. Jaffe and The Dress
                Barn,
                Inc.