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):  October 26, 2009

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

As provided in the indenture for The Dress Barn, Inc. 2.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”), for the period from October 26, 2009 and continuing through January 22, 2010, the holders of the Notes are permitted to convert their notes.  This is a result of our stock price closing above the trigger price of $12.61 per share for the minimum of twenty trading days within the last thirty trading day period ended on October 24, 2009.  The Notes have been convertible since July 27, 2009 and none of the Notes have been presented for conversion to date.

The information in the Item 2.02 of Form 8-K 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.

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:  October 26, 2009

/s/ Armand Correia

Armand Correia

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)