Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2011	Jul. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2011	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Feb. 02, 2013 Oxford Apparel operating group	Jan. 28, 2012 Oxford Apparel operating group	Jan. 29, 2011 Oxford Apparel operating group	Jan. 03, 2011 Oxford Apparel operating group
Discontinued operations
Purchase price paid by LF before working capital adjustments									$ 121,700,000
Purchase price paid by LF after working capital adjustments									108,200,000
Money held in escrow								5,400,000
Cash received from money held in escrow due to change in estimate to the gain on sale							3,700,000
Revised after-tax gain on sale of discontinued operations								48,500,000
Period of the non-competition agreement								3 years
Assets consisted of receivables, including the escrow receivable, and inventories, associated with the discontinued operations								57,700,000
Liabilities, including trade accounts payable, other accrued expenses, accrued compensation and income taxes payable associated with the discontinued operations and gain on sale								40,800,000
Assets or liabilities associated with the discontinued operations				0
Operating results of the discontinued operations
Net sales						0	2,414,000	200,636,000
Earnings from discontinued operations before income taxes						0	1,764,000	20,610,000
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of taxes						0	1,154,000	12,877,000
Gain (loss) on sale of discontinued operations, net of taxes						0	(1,017,000)	49,546,000
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of taxes	$ 13,000	$ (916,000)	$ 1,040,000	$ 137,000	$ 62,423,000	$ 0	$ 137,000	$ 62,423,000