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EXHIBIT 21
 Subsidiaries of
DEB SHOPS, INC.  A Pennsylvania corporation 1
 Deb Shops, Inc.
    
    Deb Shops of Iowa, Inc.,
    
    Deb Shops of Ohio, Inc.,a New Jersey corporation
    
    an Iowa corporation
    
    an Ohio corporationJoy Shops, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Kansas, Inc.,
    
    Deb Shops of Oklahoma, Inc.,a Pennsylvania corporation
    
    a Kansas corporation
    
    an Oklahoma corporationJoy Shops, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Kentucky, Inc.
    
    Deb of Oregon, Inc.,a Delaware corporation
    
    a Kentucky corporation
    
    an Oregon corporationD. B. Interest, Inc.,
    
    Deb Shops of Louisiana, Inc.
    
    Deb of Pennsylvania, Inc.,a Delaware corporation
    
    a Louisiana corporation
    
    a Pennsylvania corporationD. B. Know, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Maine, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Rhode Island, Inc.,a Delaware corporation
    
    a Maine corporation
    
    a Rhode Island corporationD. B. Royalty, Inc.,
    
    Deb Shops of Maryland, Inc.,
    
    Deb of South Carolina, Inc.a Delaware corporation
    
    a Maryland corporation
    
    a South Carolina corporationDeb Shops of Alabama, Inc.
    
    Deb of Massachusetts, Inc.,
    
    Deb of South Dakota, Inc.,An Alabama corporation
    
    a Massachusetts corporation
    
    a South Dakota corporationDeb Shops of Arizona, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Michigan, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Tennessee, Inc.,an Arizona corporation
    
    a Michigan corporation
    
    a Tennessee corporationDeb of Arkansas, Inc.,
    
    Deb Shops of Minnesota, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Texas, Inc.,an Arkansas corporation
    
    a Minnesota corporation
    
    a Texas corporationDeb of California, Inc.,
    
    Deb Shops of Missouri, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Utah, Inc.,a California corporation
    
    a Missouri corporation
    
    a Utah corporationDeb of Colorado, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Montana, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Vermont, Inc.,a Colorado corporation
    
    a Montana corporation
    
    a Vermont corporationDeb of Connecticut, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Nebraska, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Virginia, Inc.,a Connecticut corporation
    
    a Nebraska corporation
    
    a Virginia corporationDeb of Delaware, Inc.,
    
    Deb of New Hampshire, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Washington, Inc.,a Delaware corporation
    
    a New Hampshire corporation
    
    a Washington corporationDeb Fashions of Florida, Inc.,
    
    Deb of New Jersey, Inc.,
    
    Deb of West Virginia, Inc.,a Florida corporation
    
    a New Jersey corporation
    
    a West Virginia corporationDeb Shops of Georgia, Inc.,
    
    Deb of New Mexico, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Wisconsin, Inc.,a Georgia corporation
    
    a New Mexico corporation
    
    a Wisconsin corporationDeb Shops of Idaho, Inc.,
    
    Deb of New York, Inc.,
    
    Deb of Wyoming, Inc.,an Idaho corporation
    
    a New York corporation
    
    a Wyoming corporationDeb of Illinois, Inc.,
    
    Deb Shops of North Carolina, Inc.,
    
    Deb Real Estate, Inc.,an Illinois corporation
    
    a North Carolina corporation
    
    A Pennsylvania corporationDeb of Indiana, Inc.,
    
    Deb of North Dakota, Inc.,
    
    Tops N Bottoms of New York, Inc.,an Indiana corporation
    
    a North Dakota corporation
    
    a New York corporation
 
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    All subsidiaries are owned 100% by Deb Shops, Inc., except
D.B. Royalty, Inc. which is owned 100% by Joy Shops, Inc., a Delaware corporation. -41-