Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2013		Jan. 28, 2012		Jan. 29, 2011
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Cash surrender values of the insurance policies held in a rabbi trust	$ 47,900,000		$ 38,400,000
Gain (loss) as a result of the change in value of the insurance policy investments, included in other income and expense	3,400,000		(200,000)		2,700,000
Components of net periodic pension cost to comprehensive income
Service cost	0		0		69,000
Interest cost	2,392,000		2,641,000		2,177,000
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service cost	620,000		940,000		1,195,000
Net amortization of actuarial losses	3,340,000		2,048,000		619,000
Curtailment expense	0		1,242,000		5,819,000
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost	6,352,000		6,871,000		9,879,000
Unrecognized prior service cost charged to comprehensive income	620,000		940,000		1,195,000
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income	3,340,000		2,048,000		619,000
Actuarial gain (loss)	3,508,000		(9,342,000)		(8,361,000)
Curtailment expense	0		(1,242,000)		(5,819,000)
Related tax impact	(2,855,000)		2,057,000		251,000
Total periodic costs and other charges to comprehensive income	4,613,000		(3,055,000)		(477,000)
Amounts not yet recognized in net periodic benefit cost, included in accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax
Unrecognized prior service cost	2,742,000		3,363,000
Unrecognized net actuarial loss	15,832,000		22,681,000
Net balance sheet impact	18,574,000		26,044,000
SERP's funded status and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets
Projected benefit obligation	(58,639,000)		(59,755,000)		(47,772,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	0	[1]	0	[1]
Net liability (included in other long-term liabilities)	(58,639,000)		(59,755,000)
Reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation
Balance at the beginning of the period	59,755,000		47,772,000
Interest cost	2,392,000		2,641,000		2,177,000
Actuarial (gains) losses	(3,508,000)		9,342,000
Balance at the end of the period	58,639,000		59,755,000		47,772,000
Discount rate assumed as part of the actuarial valuation performed to calculate the projected benefit obligation (as a percent)	4.00%		4.00%
Amount of prior service costs, included in comprehensive income, that are expected to be recognized as components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost in next fiscal year	600,000
Amount of actuarial losses, included in comprehensive income, that are expected to be recognized as components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost in next fiscal year	1,100,000
Benefits projected to be paid in the next five fiscal years	6,800,000
Percentage of total amount of benefits for the next five years projected to be paid in year 2	25.00%
Percentage of total amount of benefits for the next five years projected to be paid in year 3	25.00%
Percentage of total amount of benefits for next five years projected to be paid in year 4	25.00%
Percentage of total amount of benefits for next five years projected to be paid in year 5	25.00%
Aggregate benefits projected to be paid in the following five fiscal years	$ 13,400,000

[1] The SERP is a non-qualified pension plan and hence the insurance policies are not considered to be plan assets. Accordingly, the table above does not include the insurance policies with cash surrender values of $47.9 million and $38.4 million at February 2, 2013 and January 28, 2012, respectively.