SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015		Nov. 01, 2014	Aug. 02, 2014	May 03, 2014	Feb. 01, 2014		Nov. 02, 2013	Aug. 03, 2013	May 04, 2013	Jan. 31, 2015		Feb. 01, 2014		Feb. 02, 2013
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	$ 4,794,000	[1]	$ 3,306,000	$ 3,045,000	$ 0	$ 7,867,000	[2]	$ 0	$ 21,766,000	$ 0	$ 11,145,000		$ 29,633,000		$ 2,284,000
Percentage of entity-wide sales qualifying purchaser as major customer (as a percent)											10.00%
Number of Stores	1,097,000										1,097,000
Net sales:
Total net sales	479,243,000	[1]	487,304,000	384,628,000	410,149,000	467,497,000	[2]	492,680,000	382,448,000	423,164,000	1,761,324,000		1,765,789,000		1,809,486,000
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit	164,810,000	[1]	190,111,000	119,118,000	148,261,000	164,310,000	[2]	201,761,000	126,182,000	163,268,000	622,300,000		655,521,000		691,440,000
Gross Margin:
Total Gross Margin (as a percent)											35.30%		37.10%		38.20%
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)	20,654,000	[1]	55,803,000	(16,497,000)	20,083,000	21,903,000	[2]	61,567,000	(35,646,000)	28,459,000	80,043,000		76,283,000		89,715,000
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)											4.54448%		4.32005%		4.95804%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization	15,542,000	[1]	15,168,000	15,557,000	14,227,000	15,968,000	[2]	16,473,000	15,593,000	16,824,000	60,494,000		64,858,000		77,435,000
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures											72,212,000		72,606,000		90,182,000
Business Exit Costs	85,000		(286,000)	(98,000)	231,000	(144,000)		200,000	61,000	(1,023,000)	(68,000)		(906,000)		11,088,000
Total assets:
Total assets	958,618,000					990,630,000					958,618,000		990,630,000
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	313,759,000	[3]				315,504,000	[3]				313,759,000	[3]	315,504,000	[3]
The Children's Place U.S.
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use											10,500,000		25,400,000
Severance Costs											7,100,000		4,200,000
Number of Stores	963					974					963		974
Net sales:
Total net sales											1,528,762,000		1,528,276,000		1,557,549,000
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit											535,226,000		558,156,000		584,081,000
Gross Margin:
Total Gross Margin (as a percent)											35.00%		36.50%		37.50%
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)											63,586,000		60,267,000		68,346,000	[4]
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)											4.15931%		3.94346%		4.38805%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization											52,565,000		55,595,000		65,066,000
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures											68,847,000		64,486,000		75,945,000
Total assets:
Total assets	805,462,000					824,893,000					805,462,000		824,893,000
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	289,820,000	[3]				283,059,000	[3]				289,820,000	[3]	283,059,000	[3]
The Children's Place Canada [Member]
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use											600,000		4,200,000
Number of Stores	134					133					134		133
Net sales:
Total net sales											232,562,000	[5]	237,513,000	[5]	251,937,000	[5]
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit											87,074,000		97,365,000		107,359,000
Gross Margin:
Total Gross Margin (as a percent)											37.40%		41.00%		42.60%
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)											16,457,000		16,016,000		21,369,000
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)											7.07639%		6.74321%		8.48188%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization											7,929,000		9,263,000		12,369,000
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures											3,365,000		8,120,000		14,237,000
Total assets:
Total assets	153,156,000					165,737,000					153,156,000		165,737,000
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	22,697,000	[3]				31,046,000	[3]				22,697,000	[3]	31,046,000	[3]
The Children's Place Asia [Member] [Member]
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	1,242,000	[3]				1,399,000	[3]				1,242,000	[3]	1,399,000	[3]
EastCoastDCSeveranceOther [Member]
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use											4,800,000		7,900,000
Severance Costs											$ 3,200,000		$ 2,000,000

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[3] Geographic InformationThe Company's long-lived assets are located in the following countries: January 31, 2015 February 1, 2014Long-lived assets (1): United States $289,820 $283,059Canada 22,697 31,046Asia 1,242 1,399Total long-lived assets $313,759 $315,504____________________________________________(1)The Company's long-lived assets are comprised of net property and equipment and other assets

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[5] Net sales from The Children's Place International are primarily derived from revenues from Canadian operations.