Reconciliation of Operating Income for each Segment under the Historical and Recasted Basis of Reporting (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2011	Oct. 30, 2010
Operating income	$ 76.5	$ 77.7
As Previously Reported
Operating income		77.7
dressbarn
Operating income	5.0	7.2
dressbarn | As Previously Reported
Operating income		3.4
dressbarn | Adjustment
Operating income		3.8
maurices
Operating income	23.7	25.3
maurices | As Previously Reported
Operating income		27.9
maurices | Adjustment
Operating income		(2.6)
Justice
Operating income	47.8	45.2
Justice | As Previously Reported
Operating income		46.4
Justice | Adjustment
Operating income		$ (1.2)