8-K

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): July 1, 2008

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS

On July 1, 2008, Dress Barn, Inc., issued a press release announcing that the Company will be presenting at the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.ET. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit No. 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this item 8.01.

ITEM 9.01 EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit Number   Description

99.1   Press Release dated July 1, 2008.

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: July 1, 2008

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 July 1, 2008.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

DRESS BARN, INC. ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN THE OPPENHEIMER 8^TH ANNUAL CONSUMER GROWTH CONFERENCE

SUFFERN, NY - JULY 1, 2008 - Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ - DBRN), today announced that it will be presenting at the Oppenheimer 8^th Annual Consumer Growth Conference to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

The Dress Barn investor presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed at http://www.dressbarn.com.

ABOUT DRESS BARN, INC.

Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ - DBRN), is a leading national specialty apparel retailer offering quality career and casual fashion apparel through its dressbarn and maurices brands. As of April 26, 2008, the Company operated 835 dressbarn stores in 46 states and 646 maurices stores in 43 states. For more information, please visit www.dressbarn.com and www.maurices.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made within this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements”, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. The Company does not undertake to publicly update or review its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that our projected results expressed or implied will not be achieved. Detailed information concerning a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the information contained herein is readily available on our most recent report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 28, 2007 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 26, 2008.

CONTACT:	Dress Barn, Inc.
	Investor Relations
	(845) 369-4600