Debt (Details)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 28, 2012 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2011 USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2012 USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2011 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 U.S. Revolving Credit Agreement and U.K. Revolving Credit Agreement USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 U.S. Revolving Credit Agreement USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 U.S. Revolving Credit Agreement Minimum	Feb. 02, 2013 U.K. Revolving Credit Agreement USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 U.K. Revolving Credit Agreement GBP (£)	Jan. 28, 2012 U.K. Revolving Credit Agreement USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2012 Prior Revolving Credit Agreement USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Senior Secured Notes USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2011 Senior Secured Notes USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2012 Senior Secured Notes USD ($)
Debt
Maximum borrowing capacity								$ 235,000,000			£ 7,000,000		$ 175,000,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)																11.375%
Total debt obligations, including unamortized discount								108,552,000		7,944,000		2,571,000
Total debt obligations, including unamortized discount																105,000,000
Unamortized discount					(1,595,000)
Total debt				116,496,000	105,976,000
Short-term debt				(7,944,000)	(2,571,000)
Long-term debt				108,552,000	103,405,000
Variable interest rate base										bank's base rate	bank's base rate
Aggregate principal amount of debt repurchased														105,000,000	45,000,000
Amount paid for repurchase of debt				111,000,000	52,175,000									111,000,000	52,200,000
Write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs				1,700,000	1,100,000	0								1,700,000	1,000,000
Write-off of unamortized bond discount														1,400,000	800,000
Loss on repurchase of senior notes	9,100,000	800,000	8,200,000	9,143,000	9,017,000									9,100,000	9,000,000
Trade letters of credit outstanding							7,200,000
Unused availability under line of credit								105,100,000		600,000
Covenants, Other Restrictions and Prepayment Penalties
Consecutive period during which if threshold is not reached then specified fixed charge coverage ratio must be maintained								3 days
Threshold amount of unused availability for specified fixed charge coverage ratio								$ 23,500,000
Threshold percentage of total revolving commitments for specified fixed charge coverage ratio								10.00%
Fixed charge coverage ratio									1.0
Trailing fiscal period used in calculating the fixed charge coverage ratio under financial covenants								12 months
Period during which percentage of total revolving commitments are required to be maintained								30 days