Charming Shoppes 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 23

Consent Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements No. 333-119638, 333-111004, 333-109220, 333-70862, 333-45750, 333-88899, 333-43117, 333-22323, 033-56145, and 033-56147 on Form S-8 and in the Registration Statements No. 333-145671, 333-91966, and 333-98741 on Form S-3 of Charming Shoppes, Inc., of our report dated April 1, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Charming Shoppes, Inc., and our report dated April 1, 2008, with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Charming Shoppes, Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended February 2, 2008.

/S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April 1, 2008