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CREDIT FACILITY (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Feb. 01, 2014
Feb. 02, 2013
Credit facilities      
Interest expense – revolver $ 313,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseShortTermBorrowings $ 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseShortTermBorrowings $ 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseShortTermBorrowings
Sublimit availability 40,900,000plce_SublimitAvailability 113,900,000plce_SublimitAvailability  
Borrowing capacity, accordion feature 25,000,000plce_LineOfCreditFacilityAccordionBorrowingCapacity    
Deferred financing costs, remaining unamortized balance 1,200,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet 1,300,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet  
Letter of credit fees   200,000plce_LettersOfCreditFees  
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity  
Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity 183,200,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity  
Outstanding borrowings 0plce_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstandingOther 0plce_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstandingOther  
Utilization of credit facility at end of period 9,100,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit 11,100,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit  
Availability 174,100,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity [1] 138,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity [1]  
Interest rate at end of period (as a percent) 3.80%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd [2] 3.80%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd [2]  
Average loan balance during the period 9,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount 0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount  
Highest end of day loan balance during the period 40,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod 10,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod  
Average interest rate (as a percent) 3.20%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateDuringPeriod 3.80%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateDuringPeriod  
Merchandise Letters of Credit      
Credit facilities      
Letters of credit outstanding 0us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember		 1,200,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember		  
Standby Letters of Credit      
Credit facilities      
Letters of credit outstanding 9,100,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember		 9,900,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember		  
Credit Agreement      
Credit facilities      
Letters of Credit sublimit 50,000,000plce_LettersOfCreditMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember		    
Line of credit facility, unused line fee percentage (as a percent) 0.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember		    
Deferred financing costs gross 4,000,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsGross
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember		    
Deferred financing costs, remaining unamortized balance 1,200,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember		    
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember		 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember		  
Credit Agreement | Prime rate      
Credit facilities      
Basis spread on variable rate, low end of range (as a percent) 0.50%plce_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateLowEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ plce_DebtInstrumentVariableBaseRateAxis
= us-gaap_PrimeRateMember		    
Basis spread on variable rate, high end of range (as a percent) 0.75%plce_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateHighEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ plce_DebtInstrumentVariableBaseRateAxis
= us-gaap_PrimeRateMember		    
Credit Agreement | LIBOR      
Credit facilities      
Basis spread on variable rate, low end of range (as a percent) 1.50%plce_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateLowEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ plce_DebtInstrumentVariableBaseRateAxis
= plce_LiborMember		    
Basis spread on variable rate, high end of range (as a percent) 1.75%plce_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateHighEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ plce_DebtInstrumentVariableBaseRateAxis
= plce_LiborMember		    
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis one, two, three or six    
Credit Agreement | Merchandise Letters of Credit      
Credit facilities      
Letters of credit facility fee, low end of range (as a percent) 0.75%plce_LettersOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentageLowEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember		    
Letters of credit facility fee, high end of range (as a percent) 0.875%plce_LettersOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentageHighEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember		    
Credit Agreement | Standby Letters of Credit      
Credit facilities      
Letters of credit facility fee, low end of range (as a percent) 1.00%plce_LettersOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentageLowEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember		    
Letters of credit facility fee, high end of range (as a percent) 1.25%plce_LettersOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentageHighEndOfRange
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember		    
2008 Credit Agreement 2014 Amendment [Member]      
Credit facilities      
Deferred financing costs gross $ 0us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsGross
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= plce_A2008CreditAgreement2014AmendmentMember		    
[1] The sublimit availability for letters of credit was $40.9 million and $113.9 million at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014, respectively.
[2] .