BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Jan. 29, 2022 USD ($) store item	Jan. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Number of Stores | store		980
Operating lease, right-of-use asset		$ 503,430	$ 554,303	$ 695,594
Total net sales		2,777,604	2,117,070	2,921,562
Total long-lived assets	[1]	653,668	726,740	920,440
UNITED STATES
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total net sales		2,600,848	1,984,713	2,734,912
Total long-lived assets	[1]	630,519	703,642	881,338
Eastern Asia
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total net sales		119,857	77,793	98,045
Total long-lived assets	[1]	8,357	2,660	3,527
CANADA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total net sales		43,789	46,781	80,247
Total long-lived assets	[1]	14,687	20,246	35,317
Other.
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total net sales		13,110	7,783	8,358
Total long-lived assets	[1]	$ 105	192	258
Famous Footwear
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Number of Stores | store		894
Total net sales		$ 1,748,291	$ 1,263,551	$ 1,588,057
Famous Footwear | Three Suppliers | Supplier Concentration Risk | Revenue Benchmark
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Concentration risk percentage		26.00%	25.00%	22.00%
Number of key suppliers | item		3
Brand Portfolio
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total net sales		$ 1,081,003	$ 902,481	$ 1,406,460
Brand Portfolio | UNITED STATES
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Number of Stores | store		70
Brand Portfolio | CHINA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Number of Stores | store		16

[1] Long-lived assets include $503,430, $554,303 and $695,594 of lease right-of-use assets in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.