Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) Segment
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| Segment	1
Number of operating segments \| Segment	2
Rochester Trademark
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible asset, carrying value \| $	$ 1.5
Casual Male Trademark
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Definite-lived intangible assets, carrying value \| $	$ 0.8
Intangible assets, amortization period	2018

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Topic 350
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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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