Dressbarn is an online retailer that specializes in women's casual dresses, leisure wear, accessories, and workwear.

The company was founded as Dress Barn and operated retail stores between the early 1960s and late 2010s.

The first Dress Barn (originally two words) was opened in February 1962 by Roslyn Jaffe in Stamford, Connecticut.

In January 2011, to reflect its broader holdings, the company was reorganized as a Delaware corporation named Ascena Retail Group, Inc., with its NASDAQ symbol changed to ASNA in 2011.

[5] In March 2023, Retail Ecommerce Ventures announced that it would be exploring options in effort to save themselves, including a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.