EXHIBIT 32.1

                            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 Amendment to Annual Report of The Dress Barn Inc.
("the Company") on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ending July 26, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof ("the Report"),
I, David R. Jaffe, President and Chief Executive 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 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results 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/ DAVID R. JAFFE
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David R. Jaffe
President and Chief Executive Officer
March 18, 2005


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