Notional amount of FX forward contract, designated as cash flow hedges

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Notional amount of FX forward contract, not designated for hedge accounting

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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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Period the derivative contract is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The net gain (loss) during the reporting period due to ineffectiveness in foreign currency cash flow hedges. Recognized in earnings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4C
-Subparagraph (d)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84234895&loc=SL5624171-113959

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Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2018	Jul. 30, 2017	Jul. 29, 2018	Jul. 30, 2017	Jan. 28, 2018
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Designated as cash flow hedges	$ 396,000,000		$ 396,000,000		$ 104,000,000
Not designated for hedge accounting	92,000,000		92,000,000		$ 94,000,000
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain (loss) associated with ineffectiveness	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Foreign currency forward contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, maturity period			18 months