Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012
Federal:
Current	$ 61,239,000	$ 42,365,000	$ 84,994,000
Deferred	(20,294,000)	10,943,000	(3,136,000)
State:
Current	6,202,000	5,853,000	11,607,000
Deferred	(1,627,000)	1,494,000	(193,000)
Foreign:
Current	25,611,000	30,775,000	32,975,000
Deferred	4,117,000	7,698,000	2,444,000
Total	75,248,000	99,128,000	128,691,000
Accumulated undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	747,000,000	689,000,000
Difference of actual income tax expense and expected income tax expense
Computed “expected” tax expense	81,536,000	98,215,000	139,769,000
State taxes, net of federal benefit	2,974,000	4,776,000	7,419,000
Incremental foreign taxes less than federal statutory tax rate	(10,107,000)	(13,307,000)	(19,457,000)
Net tax settlements	0	12,832,000	0
Unrecognized tax benefit	6,856,000	147,000	147,000
Prior year tax adjustments	(3,489,000)	(2,300,000)	(1,152,000)
Other	(2,522,000)	(1,235,000)	1,965,000
Total	75,248,000	99,128,000	128,691,000
Allocation of total income tax expense (benefit)
Operations	75,248,000	99,128,000	128,691,000
Stockholders’ equity	3,673,000	3,703,000	(208,000)
Total income taxes	78,921,000	102,831,000	128,483,000
Tax effects of the components of other comprehensive income
Derivative financial instruments designated as cash flow hedges	237,000	(1,056,000)	1,170,000
Marketable securities	(4,000)	85,000	(24,000)
SERP	2,963,000	2,855,000	(2,057,000)
Total income tax expense (benefit)	3,196,000	1,884,000	(911,000)
Total earnings before income tax expense and noncontrolling interests
Domestic operations	140,153,000	169,755,000	245,554,000
Foreign operations	92,806,000	110,859,000	153,787,000
Earnings before income tax expense	232,959,000	280,614,000	399,341,000
Deferred tax assets:
SERP	21,716,000	22,719,000
Rent expense	14,986,000	14,680,000
Fixed assets bases difference	12,358,000	5,695,000
Deferred income	11,261,000	1,642,000
Deferred compensation	10,692,000	8,483,000
Bad debt reserve	9,526,000	7,006,000
Accrued bonus	2,954,000	0
Uniform capitalization	2,162,000	2,096,000
Net operating losses	2,133,000	2,413,000
Other	13,111,000	17,014,000
Total deferred assets	100,899,000	81,748,000
Deferred tax liabilities:
Lease incentives	(13,488,000)	(10,819,000)
Goodwill amortization	(3,693,000)	(3,189,000)
Other	(492,000)	(278,000)
Valuation allowance	(3,853,000)	(3,346,000)
Net deferred tax assets	79,373,000	64,116,000
Current deferred tax assets	24,400,000	21,053,000
Non-current deferred tax assets	54,973,000	43,063,000
Increase in valuation allowance	$ (500,000)