Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Textual (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014 Store	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011
Summary of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total number of retail stores operated by company	2,568
Days in fiscal year	364 days	371 days	364 days
Pretax accruals for environmental contingencies included in provision for discontinued operations	$ 500,000	$ 800,000	$ 1,800,000
Deferred tax valuation allowance	3,771,000	3,541,000
Effective tax rate	41.47%	31.51%	40.25%
Minimum number of hours of service of full time employees		1000 hours
Cash and cash equivalents	59,447,000	59,795,000	53,790,000	55,934,000
Cash equivalents	0	200,000
Payment processing duration, minimum	24 hours
Payment processing duration, maximum	48 hours
Excess of outstanding checks drawn on zero-balance accounts at domestic banks exceeded book cash balances	42,100,000	36,100,000
Wholesale and unallocated retail costs of distribution	8,700,000	8,200,000	9,200,000
Gift card breakage recognized as revenue	800,000	700,000	600,000
Accrued liability for gift cards	14,400,000	13,100,000
Advertising costs	56,900,000	48,300,000	42,500,000
Prepaid advertising	2,300,000	1,400,000
Cooperative advertising costs	3,200,000	3,500,000	3,300,000
Vendor reimbursements of cooperative advertising costs	2,800,000	3,800,000	3,000,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income pension liability adjustments	16,500,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income post retirement liability adjustment	900,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustment	600,000
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Summary of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Retail occupancy costs	$ 381,600,000	$ 359,300,000	$ 314,600,000