DressBarn first opened in February 1998  by Roslyn Jaffe who saw on opportunity to provide work clothes for women.
Dressbarn.com (branded as Dressbarn) is an online retailer owned by Retail Ecommerce Ventures that was linked to a former chain of women's clothing stores owned by Ascena that operated from 1962 until 2019. The first Dressbarn opened in February 1962 in Stamford, Connecticut, by Roslyn Jaffe. 
