Stock-Based Compensation - Expected Life, Forfeiture Rate and Restricted Stock Units (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum contractual terms	10 years
Forfeiture rate		5.00%	5.00%
Total stock-based compensation expense	$ 2,134	$ 3,194	$ 3,773
Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units granted (in shares)	148,500	132,500	107,000
Restricted stock units, fair value grant prices per share (in dollars per share)	$ 9.01	$ 13.49	$ 25.52
Total stock-based compensation expense	$ 900	$ 1,700	$ 2,000
Unrecognized compensation expense related to RSUs	$ 1,600
Weighted average expected recognition period of stock compensation expense	2 years 7 months 6 days
Restricted Stock Units \| Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of RSUs vested on the first anniversary of grant	100.00%
Restricted Stock Units \| Employees \| Prior to 2016 Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period of options issued to employees	3 years
Restricted Stock Units \| Employees \| 2016 and 2017 Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of RSUs vested on the first anniversary of grant	25.00%
Vesting period of options issued to employees	4 years

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award maximum contractual period terms.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage of units granted to directors and vested on first anniversary of grant date.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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