Loyalty accrual net of breakage current.

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Percentage of customers participate in loyalty program.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liability for outstanding gift cards. Retail customers purchase gift cards or gift certificates that can be redeemed at a later date for merchandise or services; those unredeemed represent a liability of the entity because the revenue is being deferred.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Revenue Recognition - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 03, 2019 USD ($) Segment	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2019 USD ($)
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	$ 123,245	$ 122,206	$ 236,218	$ 235,537
Gift card liability, net of breakage	$ 1,600		$ 1,600		$ 2,400
Percentage of customers participate in loyalty program	90.00%		90.00%
Loyalty accrual, net of breakage	$ 1,100		$ 1,100		$ 1,000
Number of reportable segments \| Segment			1
Wholesale Segment
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales	$ 2,720	$ 20	$ 5,145	40
Wholesale Segment \| Maximum
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales				$ 100