Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2013 property	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Dec. 21, 2010 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations period	Jul. 28, 2012 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations	Feb. 02, 2013 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations	Jan. 29, 2011 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations	Feb. 02, 2013 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations Maximum	Jan. 28, 2012 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations Maximum	Jan. 29, 2011 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations Maximum	Dec. 21, 2010 Lilly Pulitzer brand and operations Maximum
Commitments and contingencies related to acquisition
Contingent consideration								$ 15,000,000	$ 17,500,000	$ 20,000,000	$ 20,000,000
Period over which contingent consideration will be payable				4 years
Number of individual performance periods				4
Contingent consideration payable to the prior owners for each performance period											2,500,000
Contingent consideration payable to the prior owners for a cumulative performance period											10,000,000
Payment of contingent consideration earned in prior year					2,500,000	2,500,000
Payment of contingent consideration earned in current year						2,500,000
Fair value of contingent consideration	14,450,000	10,645,000		10,500,000		14,500,000	10,545,000
Remediation activities
Number of properties on which presence of hazardous waste was discovered	1
Reserve for the remediation	1,800,000	1,900,000
Reduction in reserve for the remediation due to reduction in estimate of the costs required to remediate the property			2,200,000
Significant amounts related to reserve recorded in the statement of earnings	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0