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Other Credit Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Jan. 31, 2015
Entity
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]    
Borrowing agreements, number of financial institutions   2aeo_NumberOfFinancialInstitution
Demand letter of credit facilities    
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]    
Borrowing agreements with financial institutions   155,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
Trade Letter of Credit    
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]    
Outstanding borrowings   13,700,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= aeo_TradeLetterOfCreditMember
Asset Based Credit Facility    
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]    
Line of credit facility, expiration period 5 years  
Borrowing agreements with financial institutions 400,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aeo_AssetBasedCreditFacilityMember
 
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility    
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]    
Borrowing agreements with financial institutions   150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aeo_UnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Letters of credit outstanding amount   8,100,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aeo_UnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Borrowings   0us-gaap_OtherBorrowings
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aeo_UnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember