Supplemental Cash Flows (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2014	Nov. 02, 2013	Feb. 01, 2014
Supplemental Cash Flows
Cash paid for interest	$ 8,409,000	$ 1,300,000
Cash paid for income taxes, net	32,085,000	50,505,000
Schedule of noncash investing and financing activities:
Cash dividends declared	8,882,000	8,847,000	8,963,000
Increase in capital in excess of par due to purchase of non-controlling interest	7,410,000
Unpaid capital expenditure purchases
Unpaid capital expenditure purchases	$ 8,400,000	$ 10,800,000