Stock-Based Compensation - Activity in Restricted Stock and Performance-Based Units (Details)	12 Months Ended
Feb. 01, 2020 grant $ / shares shares	Feb. 02, 2019 $ / shares shares	Feb. 03, 2018 $ / shares shares
Number of Awards
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	548,047
Grants in period (in shares)	296,583
PSU Adjustment (in shares)	(30,472)
Vested (in shares)	(126,630)
Forfeited, cancelled or expired (in shares)	(101,477)
Outstanding at end of period (in shares)	586,051	548,047
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 24.23	$ 31.37
Grants in period, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	18.68	$ 22.55	$ 29.60
PSU Adjustment (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	31.75
Vested, weighted average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	39.26
Forfeited, cancelled or expired, weighted average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 25.47
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Number of Awards
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	404,377
Grants in period (in shares)	262,283	218,707	166,690
PSU Adjustment (in shares)	0
Vested (in shares)	(98,810)
Forfeited, cancelled or expired (in shares)	(38,154)
Outstanding at end of period (in shares)	529,696	404,377
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 24.25	$ 31.22
Grants in period, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	18.76
PSU Adjustment (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	0
Vested, weighted average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	38.30
Forfeited, cancelled or expired, weighted average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 24.33
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units
Number of Awards
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	143,670
Grants in period (in shares)	34,300
PSU Adjustment (in shares)	(30,472)
Vested (in shares)	(27,820)
Forfeited, cancelled or expired (in shares)	(63,323)
Outstanding at end of period (in shares)	56,355	143,670
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 24.05	$ 31.78
Grants in period, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	18.04
PSU Adjustment (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	31.75
Vested, weighted average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	42.66
Forfeited, cancelled or expired, weighted average grant-date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 26.16
Number of grant goal (in shares) \| grant	1
Percentage of grant goal	65.00%

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