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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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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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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 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Revenue Recognition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 01, 2020	Nov. 02, 2019	Aug. 03, 2019	May 04, 2019	Feb. 02, 2019	Nov. 03, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	May 05, 2018	Feb. 01, 2020	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 527,085	$ 484,706	$ 508,356	$ 517,728	$ 524,728	$ 499,877	$ 544,720	$ 561,815	$ 2,037,875	$ 2,131,140	$ 2,282,379
Total net sales, as a percentage									100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Contract liabilities	$ 40,100				$ 42,600				$ 40,100	$ 42,600
Contract liability revenue recognized									25,300	28,700
Chico’s
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net Sales									$ 1,045,221	$ 1,098,707	$ 1,187,603
Total net sales, as a percentage									51.30%	51.60%	52.00%
WHBM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net Sales									$ 627,315	$ 694,804	$ 750,912
Total net sales, as a percentage									30.80%	32.60%	32.90%
Soma
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net Sales									$ 365,339	$ 337,629	$ 343,864
Total net sales, as a percentage									17.90%	15.80%	15.10%