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Stock Compensation Plans - Summary of Activity for Non-Vested Shares under Two Thousand Six, Two Thousand Sixteen Plan And Inducement Awards (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 05, 2021	Jan. 29, 2022	Jan. 30, 2021	Feb. 01, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted, vesting terms		The performance period for each LTIP is three years. Awards for any achievement of performance targets will not be granted until the performance targets are achieved and then will be subject to additional vesting through August 31, 2022, August 31, 2023 and August, 31, 2024, respectively. The time-based awards under the 2019-2021 LTIP, 2020-2022 LTIP and 2021-2023 LTIP vest in four equal installments through April 1, 2023, April 1, 2024 and April 1, 2025, respectively.
Number of shares sold	11,111,111
Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted during the period, fair value		$ 8,000	$ 6,000	$ 10,000
Number of shares sold		11,111,000
Performance stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares outstanding		720,000
Shares granted, vesting terms		The PSUs vest in installments when the following milestones are met: one-third of the PSUs vest when the trailing 90-day volume-weighted average closing stock price (“VWAP”) is $4.00, one-third of the PSUs vest when the VWAP is $6.00, and one-third when the VWAP is $8.00. During fiscal 2021, 480,000 PSUs vested as a result of achieving a VWAP of $4.00 per share and $6.00 per share. As a result of net share settlement, of the 480,000 PSUs that vested, only 327,120 shares of common stock were issued. The remaining 240,000 PSUs will expire on April 1, 2023 if the $8.00 VWAP is not achieved by that date.
Volume-weighted average closing stock price		$ 4.00
Number of shares vested		480,000
Performance stock units \| Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares sold		327,120
Performance stock units \| When VWAP is $4.00
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Volume-weighted average closing stock price		$ 4.00
Performance stock units \| When VWAP is $6.00
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Volume-weighted average closing stock price		6.00
Performance stock units \| When VWAP is $8.00
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Volume-weighted average closing stock price		8.00
Performance stock units \| $8.00 VWAP is Not Achieved by That Date
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Volume-weighted average closing stock price		$ 8.00
Number of shares vested		240,000
Expiration date		Apr. 01, 2023
Performance stock units \| Chief Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted during the period, fair value		$ 1,000.0