UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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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) April 1, 2008

 THE TALBOTS, INC.

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	1-12552	41-1111318
(State or Other Jurisdiction    of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Talbots Drive, Hingham, Massachusetts	02043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (781) 749-7600

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):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Section 7 – Regulation FD

Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached and being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of The Talbots, Inc. (“Talbots” or the “Company”), dated April 1, 2008, regarding the webcast of its investor update meeting. Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1           Press Release of The Talbots, Inc., dated April 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 hereunto duly authorized.

	THE TALBOTS, INC.
Dated: April 1, 2008	By:	/s/ Richard T. O’Connell, Jr.
	Name:	Richard T. O’Connell, Jr.
	Title :	Executive Vice President, Legal and Real Estate and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of The Talbots, Inc., dated April 1, 2008.