**EXHIBIT        22**

**The        Dress Barn, Inc. and Subsidiaries**

| **Schedule                  II- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts**                                     |
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| **Fiscal                  Years Ended July 30, 2005, July 31, 2004 and July 26,                  2003** |
| **(amounts                  in thousands)**                                                             |

| **Description**                                |   | **Balance                    at****Beginning                    of****Period** |    | **Additions****Charge                    to****Income** |   | **Adjustments****and/or****Deductions** |   | **Balance                    at****end                    of****Period** |    |
|------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|                                           |   |                                                                           |    |                                                    |   |                                    |   |                                                                     |    |
| Sales                    Returns and Allowance |   |                                                                           |    |                                                    |   |                                    |   |                                                                     |    |
|                                           |   |                                                                           |    |                                                    |   |                                    |   |                                                                     |    |
| Year:                                          |   |                                                                           |    |                                                    |   |                                    |   |                                                                     |    |
|                                           |   |                                                                           |    |                                                    |   |                                    |   |                                                                     |    |
| July                    30, 2005               |   | $                                                                              | 743     |                                                    | $      | 7,842                                   |   | $                                                                        | 7,234   |   | $ | 1,351 |   |
| July                    31, 2004               |   | $                                                                              | – |                                                    | $      | 11,190                                  |   | $                                                                        | 10,447  |   | $ | 743 |   |
| July                    26, 2003               |   | $                                                                              | – |                                                    | $      | –                                 |   | $                                                                        | – |   | $ | – |   |
|                                           |   |                                                                           |    |                                                    |   |                                    |   |                                                                     |    |   |   |   |   |

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