Share-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended														0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014 plan	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 31, 2014 Maurice Marciano	Jan. 28, 2012 Maurice Marciano	Jan. 28, 2012 Maurice Marciano	Feb. 01, 2014 Equity Incentive Plan 2004	Feb. 02, 2013 Equity Incentive Plan 2004	Feb. 01, 2014 2006 Non-Employee Directors Stock Grant and Stock Option Plan	Feb. 02, 2013 2006 Non-Employee Directors Stock Grant and Stock Option Plan	May 09, 2006 2006 Non-Employee Directors Stock Grant and Stock Option Plan	Jul. 30, 1996 2006 Non-Employee Directors Stock Grant and Stock Option Plan	Feb. 01, 2014 Stock option	Feb. 02, 2013 Stock option	Jan. 28, 2012 Stock option	Feb. 01, 2014 Stock option Selling, general and administrative expenses	Feb. 01, 2014 Stock option Equity Incentive Plan 2004	Feb. 01, 2014 Nonvested stock awards or units	Feb. 02, 2013 Nonvested stock awards or units	Jan. 28, 2012 Nonvested stock awards or units	Feb. 01, 2014 Nonvested stock awards or units Selling, general and administrative expenses	Feb. 01, 2014 Nonvested stock awards or units Equity Incentive Plan 2004	Feb. 01, 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Feb. 02, 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Jan. 23, 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	May 01, 2008 Performance awards/units	Jul. 11, 2013 Performance awards/units Paul Marciano	Jul. 11, 2013 Target performance awards/units Paul Marciano	Feb. 01, 2014 Target performance awards/units Paul Marciano	Oct. 30, 2008 Performance options
Disclosure of share-based compensation information under stock plans
Number of share-based compensation plans	4
Authorized number of shares							20,000,000		2,000,000		1,000,000	1,000,000														4,000,000
Shares available for grant under the plan							12,151,436	12,835,693	860,432	899,931
Term of award																	10 years
Portion of vested exercisable shares granted on each anniversary from the date of the grant																	25.00%					25.00%
Initial vesting period of the first of three most recent annual grants (in months)																	9 months
Initial vesting period of the second of three most recent annual grants (in months)																	9 months
Initial vesting period of the last of three most recent annual grants (in months)																	9 months
Number of annual vesting periods following the initial vesting period (in years)																	3 years
The purchase price expressed as a percentage of the Company's common stock at the beginning or end of the quarterly stock purchase period																							85.00%
Term of consulting agreement					2 years
Consulting agreement, number of years during the extension period				1 year
Original grant date fair value of the modified equity awards						$ 4,700,000
Modified grant date fair value						5,000,000
Nonvested stock awards or units granted (in shares)																		819,966									167,000	100,000	143,700
Vesting period																											5 years	2 years			4 years
Share-based compensation expense	13,949,000	16,285,000	28,100,000			2,500,000							2,490,000	4,633,000	7,123,000	2,490,000		11,225,000	11,337,000	20,584,000	11,225,000		234,000	315,000	393,000
Number of Shares
Options outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares)	1,814,466
Granted (in shares)	583,500																														563,400
Exercised (in shares)	(245,350)
Forfeited (in shares)	(370,690)
Expired (in shares)	0
Options outstanding at the end of the period (in shares)	1,781,926	1,814,466
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares)	1,150,655
Options exercisable and expected to vest at the end of the period (in shares)	1,718,223
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 30.57
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 26.87
Exercised (in dollars per share)	$ 20.47
Forfeited (in dollars per share)	$ 31.98
Expired (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00
Options outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 30.46	$ 30.57
Exercisable at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 30.99
Options exercisable and expected to vest at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 30.52
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)
Options outstanding at the end of the period	6 years 8 months 15 days
Exercisable at the end of the period	5 years 6 months 25 days
Options exercisable and expected to vest at the end of the period	6 years 7 months 15 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Options outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars)	4,675,000
Exercisable at the end of the period (in dollars)	3,923,000
Options exercisable and expected to vest at the end of the period (in dollars)	4,597,000
Valuation Assumptions
Risk-free interest rate													0.50%	0.40%	1.10%								0.10%	0.10%	0.10%
Expected stock price volatility													39.70%	46.80%	48.50%								29.70%	46.40%	49.00%
Expected dividend yield													3.00%	2.60%	2.20%								3.10%	2.80%	2.20%
Expected life													3 years 7 months 25 days	3 years 7 months 6 days	3 years 8 months 16 days								3 months	3 months	3 months
Share-Based Compensation, Additional Disclosures
Weighted average fair values of stock options granted during the period (in dollars per share)	$ 6.38	$ 8.92	$ 11.58																				$ 5.46	$ 6.84	$ 9.35
Total intrinsic value of options exercised (in dollars)	2,200,000	3,400,000	5,900,000
Cash received from option exercises	5,000,000	5,100,000	7,200,000
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation	698,000	1,302,000	1,992,000										300,000					400,000
Excess tax shortfall included in cash flows from operating activities													800,000					300,000
Income tax benefit on recognized compensation cost													900,000					3,800,000
Unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to nonvested stock options/awards/units													$ 3,900,000					$ 20,600,000
Weighted-average period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost (in years/months)													1 year 8 months 4 days					1 year 9 months 17 days
Initial vesting period during first fiscal year of grant																												7 months
Vesting date																													Feb. 01, 2016
Percentage of target performance shares expected to vest based on the satisfaction of certain performance-based conditions																														84.00%
Fiscal year which award is subject to a performance condition																															2010
Period which award is subject to a performance condition																											5 years	9 months	9 months