“Earlier this week, Dressbarn’s parent company announced that it would be closing all 650 locations to focus on more profitable brands, and I’m sad to see my sentimental favorite go. I have bought many dresses since then, but I have a special place in my heart for that particular Dressbarn, in a parking lot between an Olive Garden and a Super Cuts. I look at the store now like I look at my manhood — it was there when I needed it most, but in the end, it couldn’t last. I’m going to miss the place.”
When I Couldn’t Tell the World I Wanted to Transition, I Went to Dressbarn
Katelyn Burns | Vox — The Goods | May 23, 2019 | 2,300 words
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