REVENUE RECOGNITION - Impact on Fiscal 2018 Results (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2019	Nov. 03, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	May 05, 2018	Feb. 03, 2018	Oct. 28, 2017	Jul. 29, 2017	Apr. 29, 2017	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017
Net sales:
Net sales	$ 785,761	$ 812,747	$ 823,430	$ 817,964	$ 859,864	$ 810,818	$ 850,758	$ 782,906	$ 3,239,902	$ 3,304,346	$ 3,378,703
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales			4,000					1,400	1,862,435	1,895,580	1,937,235
Selling, general and administrative expenses		7,000	600					15,800	974,054	1,000,892	1,099,328
Provision for income taxes									19,436	38,251	6,625
Net earnings (loss)	$ 6,218	$ 13,875	$ 49,238	$ 13,909	$ (499)	$ 36,892	$ 58,471	$ 1,839	$ 83,240	$ 96,703	$ 24,956
Diluted earnings per common share	$ 0.12	$ 0.27	$ 0.97	$ 0.27	$ (0.01)	$ 0.75	$ 1.19	$ 0.04	$ 1.64	$ 1.95	$ 0.51
Assets
Accounts receivable, net	$ 73,073				$ 79,783				$ 73,073	$ 79,783
Inventories	830,426				851,931				830,426	851,931
Other current assets	70,712				78,252				70,712	78,252
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	282,029				285,537				282,029	285,537
Deferred taxes, net and other liabilities	125,022				164,191				125,022	164,191
Equity
Accumulated deficit	(468,048)				(479,166)				(468,048)	(479,166)
Reported Balance
Assets
Accounts receivable, net					79,783					79,783
Inventories					851,931					851,931
Other current assets					78,252					78,252
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities					285,537					285,537
Deferred taxes, net and other liabilities					164,191					164,191
Equity
Accumulated deficit					(479,166)					(479,166)
Retail Segment
Net sales:
Net sales									3,004,511	3,053,021	$ 3,098,401
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales									1,691,963	1,710,060	1,744,605
Retail Segment | Retail clothing product
Net sales:
Net sales									2,454,747	2,439,817	2,445,922
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales									1,094,092	1,084,266	1,093,639
Corporate Apparel Segment
Net sales:
Net sales									235,391	251,325	280,302
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales									170,472	185,520	$ 192,630
ASU 2014-09
Assets
Accounts receivable, net					79,480					79,480
Inventories					834,094					834,094
Other current assets					81,005					81,005
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities					317,915					317,915
Deferred taxes, net and other liabilities					152,250					152,250
Equity
Accumulated deficit					(514,990)					(514,990)
ASU 2014-09 | Reported Balance
Costs and Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses									970,703
Provision for income taxes									15,856
Net earnings (loss)									$ 67,907
Diluted earnings per common share									$ 1.34
Assets
Accounts receivable, net	74,932								$ 74,932
Inventories	840,769								840,769
Other current assets	67,523								67,523
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	229,962								229,962
Deferred taxes, net and other liabilities	113,055								113,055
Equity
Accumulated deficit	(447,557)								(447,557)
ASU 2014-09 | Impact of Adoption of ASU 606
Costs and Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses									(3,351)
Provision for income taxes									(3,580)
Net earnings (loss)									$ (15,333)
Diluted earnings per common share									$ (0.30)
Assets
Accounts receivable, net	1,859				(303)				$ 1,859	(303)
Inventories	10,343				(17,837)				10,343	(17,837)
Other current assets	(3,189)				2,753				(3,189)	2,753
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	(52,067)				32,378				(52,067)	32,378
Deferred taxes, net and other liabilities	(11,967)				(11,941)				(11,967)	(11,941)
Equity
Accumulated deficit	$ 20,491				$ (35,824)				20,491	$ (35,824)
ASU 2014-09 | Retail Segment | Reported Balance
Net sales:
Net sales									2,979,703
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales									1,690,986
ASU 2014-09 | Retail Segment | Impact of Adoption of ASU 606
Net sales:
Net sales									(24,808)
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales									(977)
ASU 2014-09 | Corporate Apparel Segment | Reported Balance
Net sales:
Net sales									243,610
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales									177,124
ASU 2014-09 | Corporate Apparel Segment | Impact of Adoption of ASU 606
Net sales:
Net sales									8,219
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales									$ 6,652