Segment Reporting and Geographic Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2017	Oct. 29, 2016	Jul. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Jan. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Aug. 01, 2015	May 02, 2015	Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting
Long-lived tangible assets	$ 1,311				$ 1,151				$ 1,311	$ 1,151
Royalty revenues	14,975	$ 6,495	$ 8,473	$ 10,678	7,844	$ 8,098	$ 8,482	$ 10,230	34,022	34,654	$ 34,968
Indirect sales									6,599
Cost of goods sold	5,083	0	0	0					5,083
Gross profit									35,538	34,654	34,968
Selling, general and administrative expenses									34,243	20,456	18,648
Amortization of intangible assets									912
Restructure charges									3,782
Operating (loss) income									(3,399)	13,316	15,388
Other (expense) income , net									(1,270)
Income tax provision									3,258	4,358	4,714
Net (loss) income	(11,153)	$ (873)	$ 1,518	$ 2,581	1,384	$ 1,546	$ 1,928	$ 3,571	(7,927)	8,433	9,820
Goodwill	15,794				100				15,794	100
Total assets	166,016				70,548				166,016	70,548
Expenditures of long lived assets									441	434	541
Hi-Tec
Segment Reporting
Royalty revenues									1,224
Indirect sales									6,599
Other (expense) income , net									(397)
Income tax provision									36
Net (loss) income									(4,088)
Goodwill	15,694								15,694
Total assets	98,061								98,061
Cherokee
Segment Reporting
Royalty revenues									32,798
Amortization of intangible assets									912
Other (expense) income , net									(873)
Income tax provision									3,222
Net (loss) income									(3,839)
Goodwill	100								100
Total assets	67,955								67,955
U.S. and Canada
Segment Reporting
Royalty revenues									22,638	24,615	24,397
Asia
Segment Reporting
Long-lived tangible assets	16				44				16	44	72
Royalty revenues									4,457	3,792	3,564
Latin America
Segment Reporting
Royalty revenues									2,820	2,643	3,057
Africa
Segment Reporting
Royalty revenues									1,399	1,023	781
United Kingdom and Europe
Segment Reporting
Long-lived tangible assets	349				54				349	54	0
Royalty revenues									837	837	1,636
All Others
Segment Reporting
Royalty revenues									1,871	1,744	1,533
United States
Segment Reporting
Long-lived tangible assets	750				818				750	818	794
Mexico
Segment Reporting
Long-lived tangible assets	$ 196				$ 234				$ 196	$ 234	$ 299