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Share Based Compensation (SARS Activity) (Details) (Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member], USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Feb. 01, 2014
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
   
Number of Underlying Shares Outstanding [Roll Forward]    
Number of Underlying Shares, Outstanding (in shares) 8,953,675us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
8,982,959us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Number of Underlying Shares, Granted (in shares) 512,216us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Number of Underlying Shares, Exercised (in shares) (92,475)anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExercisedInPeriod
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Number of Underlying Shares, Forfeited or expired (in shares) (449,025)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Weighted-Average Exercise Price [Roll Forward]    
Weighted-Average Exercise Price, Outstanding (in dollars per share) $ 40.28us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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$ 40.76us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Granted (in dollars per share) $ 36.31us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Exercise Price, Exercised (in dollars per share) $ 26.92anf_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsExercisedinPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Weighted-Average Exercise Price, Forfeited or exercised (in dollars per share) $ 48.03us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding $ 5,099,000anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedAggregateIntrinsicValue
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding 2 years 7 months  
Number of Underlying Shares, Stock appreciation rights exercisable (in shares) 8,152,634anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExercisableNumber
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Weighted-Average Exercise Price, Stock appreciation rights exercisable (in dollars per share) $ 40.17anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Stock appreciation rights exercisable 5,099,000anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life, Stock appreciation rights exercisable 2 years  
Number of Underlying Shares, Stock appreciation rights expected to become exercisable (in shares) 739,920anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExpectedToBecomeExercisableNumber
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Weighted-Average Exercise Price, Stock appreciation rights expected to become exercisable (in dollars per share) $ 41.69anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExpectedToBecomeExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Stock appreciation rights expected to become exercisable $ 0anf_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExpectedToExercisableIntrinsicValue
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life, Stock appreciation rights expected to become exercisable 8 years 7 months