EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



     In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report  of The Dress  Barn Inc.  ("the
Company") on Form 10-Q for the fiscal  quarter  ending January 25, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof ("the  Report"),
I, Armand  Correia,  Senior Vice  President and Chief  Financial  Officer of the
Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge that:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

     The foregoing  certification  is provided  solely for purposes of complying
with the provisions of Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not
intended to be used for any other purpose.


/S/ ARMAND CORREIA
Armand Correia
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
March 11, 2003