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Risk Management And Derivatives (Schedule Of Contract Notional Amount Of All Purchase And Sale Contracts Of A Foreign Currency) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Feb. 01, 2014
Derivative [Line Items]    
Derivative, Description of Terms January 2016 January 2015
Forward Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional contract amount of all purchase and sale contracts of a foreign currency 53,389invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
49,676invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
U.S. Dollars (Purchased By The Company's Canadian Division With Canadian Dollars) [Member] | Forward Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional contract amount of all purchase and sale contracts of a foreign currency 19,633invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_USD
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
20,197invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_USD
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
Chinese Yuan [Member] | Forward Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional contract amount of all purchase and sale contracts of a foreign currency 14,512invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_CNY
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
15,278invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_CNY
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
Euro [Member] | Forward Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional contract amount of all purchase and sale contracts of a foreign currency 16,152invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_EUR
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
11,270invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_EUR
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
Japanese Yen [Member] | Forward Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional contract amount of all purchase and sale contracts of a foreign currency 1,523invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_JPY
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
1,586invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_JPY
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
Taiwan, New Dollars | Forward Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional contract amount of all purchase and sale contracts of a foreign currency 599invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_TWD
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
553invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_TWD
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
Other Currencies [Member] | Forward Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional contract amount of all purchase and sale contracts of a foreign currency 970invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= bws_OtherCurrenciesMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember
792invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= bws_OtherCurrenciesMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_ForwardContractsMember