Financial Information For The Company And Its Subsidiaries (Schedule Of Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 30, 2016	Jan. 30, 2016	Aug. 01, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 165,729	$ 118,151	$ 129,345	$ 67,403
Restricted cash	0	0	41,482
Receivables, net	144,309	153,664	144,213
Inventories, net	648,881	546,745	641,128
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	30,190	56,505	41,002
Total current assets	989,109	875,065	997,170
Other assets	115,448	118,349	142,646
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	129,060	130,899	132,737
Property and equipment, net	186,776	179,010	150,839
Total assets	1,420,393	1,303,323	1,423,392
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0	39,157
Trade accounts payable	358,751	237,802	382,626
Other accrued expenses	142,085	152,497	135,117
Total current liabilities	500,836	390,299	556,900
Other liabilities
Long-term debt	196,774	196,544	195,919
Other liabilities	108,018	114,008	101,345
Total other liabilities	304,792	310,552	297,264
Equity
Caleres, Inc. shareholders’ equity	613,787	601,484	568,345
Noncontrolling interests	978	988	883
Total equity	614,765	602,472	569,228
Total liabilities and equity	1,420,393	1,303,323	1,423,392
Parent [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	44,348	31,000	42,738	13,891
Restricted cash			41,482
Receivables, net	112,384	110,235	102,455
Inventories, net	159,285	151,704	158,061
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	13,641	29,765	12,032
Intercompany receivable – current	743	650	369
Total current assets	330,401	323,354	357,137
Other assets	93,839	94,767	128,975
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	114,446	115,558	116,670
Property and equipment, net	31,087	32,538	31,530
Investment in subsidiaries	1,055,300	1,028,143	1,010,293
Intercompany receivable – noncurrent	479,611	431,523	425,872
Total assets	2,104,684	2,025,883	2,070,477
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt			39,157
Trade accounts payable	111,166	78,332	121,213
Other accrued expenses	52,474	80,053	23,476
Intercompany payable – current	11,924	4,394	5,211
Total current liabilities	175,564	162,779	189,057
Other liabilities
Long-term debt	196,774	196,544	195,919
Other liabilities	37,253	44,011	65,038
Intercompany payable – noncurrent	1,081,306	1,021,065	1,052,118
Total other liabilities	1,315,333	1,261,620	1,313,075
Equity
Caleres, Inc. shareholders’ equity	613,787	601,484	568,345
Total equity	613,787	601,484	568,345
Total liabilities and equity	2,104,684	2,025,883	2,070,477
Guarantors [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	15,673	0	12,742	0
Restricted cash			0
Receivables, net	1,787	2,290	2,635
Inventories, net	467,691	371,538	458,869
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	11,479	24,597	22,554
Intercompany receivable – current	213	176	120
Total current assets	496,843	398,601	496,920
Other assets	13,728	15,772	15,227
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	2,800	2,800	2,800
Property and equipment, net	146,373	136,223	109,463
Investment in subsidiaries		0	0
Intercompany receivable – noncurrent	374,047	354,038	359,067
Total assets	1,033,791	907,434	983,477
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt			0
Trade accounts payable	216,850	123,274	222,148
Other accrued expenses	72,987	62,729	96,992
Intercompany payable – current		0	297
Total current liabilities	289,837	186,003	319,437
Other liabilities
Long-term debt		0
Other liabilities	67,119	66,302	33,812
Intercompany payable – noncurrent	41,537	39,175	37,745
Total other liabilities	108,656	105,477	71,557
Equity
Caleres, Inc. shareholders’ equity	635,298	615,954	592,483
Total equity	635,298	615,954	592,483
Total liabilities and equity	1,033,791	907,434	983,477
Non-Guarantors [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	105,708	87,151	73,865	$ 53,512
Restricted cash			0
Receivables, net	30,138	41,139	39,123
Inventories, net	21,905	23,503	24,198
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	5,070	8,109	6,416
Intercompany receivable – current	21,263	6,877	14,122
Total current assets	184,084	166,779	157,724
Other assets	7,881	7,810	(1,556)
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	11,814	12,541	13,267
Property and equipment, net	9,316	10,249	9,846
Investment in subsidiaries	(20,569)	(19,524)	(18,530)
Intercompany receivable – noncurrent	559,593	556,259	533,324
Total assets	752,119	734,114	694,075
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt			0
Trade accounts payable	30,735	36,196	39,265
Other accrued expenses	16,624	15,681	14,649
Intercompany payable – current	10,295	3,309	9,103
Total current liabilities	57,654	55,186	63,017
Other liabilities
Long-term debt		0
Other liabilities	3,646	3,695	2,495
Intercompany payable – noncurrent	290,408	281,580	228,400
Total other liabilities	294,054	285,275	230,895
Equity
Caleres, Inc. shareholders’ equity	399,433	392,665	399,280
Noncontrolling interests	978	988	883
Total equity	400,411	393,653	400,163
Total liabilities and equity	752,119	734,114	694,075
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(5,966)
Intercompany receivable – current	(22,219)	(7,703)	(14,611)
Total current assets	(22,219)	(13,669)	(14,611)
Investment in subsidiaries	(1,034,731)	(1,008,619)	(991,763)
Intercompany receivable – noncurrent	(1,413,251)	(1,341,820)	(1,318,263)
Total assets	(2,470,201)	(2,364,108)	(2,324,637)
Liabilities and Equity
Other accrued expenses		(5,966)
Intercompany payable – current	(22,219)	(7,703)	(14,611)
Total current liabilities	(22,219)	(13,669)	(14,611)
Other liabilities
Intercompany payable – noncurrent	(1,413,251)	(1,341,820)	(1,318,263)
Total other liabilities	(1,413,251)	(1,341,820)	(1,318,263)
Equity
Caleres, Inc. shareholders’ equity	(1,034,731)	(1,008,619)	(991,763)
Total equity	(1,034,731)	(1,008,619)	(991,763)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (2,470,201)	$ (2,364,108)	$ (2,324,637)