Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2022 USD ($) position segment	Jan. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 07, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2019 USD ($)
Entity Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment	3
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	$ 1,700		$ 7,800
Employee-related Liabilities	$ 5,300
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	10.70%	19.70%	21.10%
Additions charged to income tax provision (benefit)	$ 0	$ 87,579	$ 0
Interest expense	(32,198)	(24,032)	(8,914)
Interest income	69	338	1,559
Interest expense, net	(32,129)	(23,694)	(7,355)
Severance Costs	3,300	15,200	3,900
Restructuring Charges, Professional Fees		2,400
Restructuring Charges, Professional Fees And Other			6,600
Restructuring Charges Related To Joint Ventures			7,200
Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, Severance Benefits	1,900	6,500
Gain (Loss) Related to Litigation Settlement	0	8,990	0
Pre-Opening Costs	1,600	2,700	2,600
Marketing Expense	163,000	131,700	123,900
Cash and cash equivalents	72,691	59,581	86,564
Restricted cash, included in prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,768	0	0
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	74,459	59,581	86,564		$ 100,568
Equity investment	55,578	58,598
Distributions received	(12,006)	(8,491)	(10,514)
Long-term Debt, Gross	231,250	343,750
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost	5,900	5,300	5,900
Term Loan
Entity Information [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	237,600
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 231,250	243,750		$ 250,000
COVID Pandemic
Entity Information [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Number of Positions Eliminated | position	1,000
Government Grant Received	$ 4,000	11,400
ABG-Camuto, LLC
Entity Information [Line Items]
Equity investment	55,578	58,598	57,760		$ 58,125
Share of net earnings	8,986	9,329	10,149
Distributions received	(12,006)	(8,491)	(10,514)
Brand Portfolio
Entity Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	500		4,800
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		6,500
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0	19,989
Severance Costs	$ 1,800	8,900
Brand Portfolio | Cost of Sales | Geographic Concentration Risk
Entity Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	75.00%
U.S. Retail
Entity Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	$ 1,200		2,300
Severance Costs	$ 1,500	5,500
U.S. Retail | Cost of Sales | Supplier Concentration Risk | Three Vendors
Entity Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	20.00%
Canada Retail
Entity Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use			700
Severance Costs		800
U.S. Retail And Canada Retail Segments
Entity Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use			$ 3,000
Operating Lease Assets
Entity Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		127,100
Operating Lease Assets | U.S. Retail
Entity Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		104,200
Operating Lease Assets | Canada Retail
Entity Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		$ 22,900
Designer Brands Inc. | ABG-Camuto, LLC
Entity Information [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent	40.00%