Debt (Details) (USD $)				3 Months Ended
	May 03, 2014 note	Feb. 01, 2014	May 04, 2013	May 03, 2014 Series A Unsecured Senior Notes [Member]	May 03, 2014 Series B Unsecured Senior Notes [Member]	May 03, 2014 Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	May 03, 2014 Level 1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of unsecured senior notes held	2
Unsecured senior notes	$ 150,000,000	$ 150,000,000	$ 150,000,000	$ 85,000,000	$ 65,000,000
Unsecured senior notes due date				Dec. 01, 2018	Dec. 01, 2021
Unsecured senior notes interest rate				6.38%	6.53%
Unsecured senior notes estimated fair value							182,000,000
Borrowing capacity for revolving credit facility						600,000,000
Revolving credit facility expiration date						Jun. 01, 2017
Sublimit for issuance of standby letters of credit						300,000,000
Amount outstanding on letters of credit						$ 0
Basis points margin over LIBOR						1.00%