Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014 Vote	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	May 04, 2013	Feb. 01, 2014 Maximum [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Minimum [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 1996 Stock Incentive Plan [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 2005 Stock Incentive Plan [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 2009 Stock Incentive Plan [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 2009 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 2009 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]	Jan. 28, 2012 2009 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]	May 04, 2013 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $2.30 Series 1 [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $2.30 Series 1 [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $2.30 Series 1 [Member]	Jan. 28, 2012 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $2.30 Series 1 [Member]	May 04, 2013 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $4.75 Series 3 [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $4.75 Series 3 [Member]	May 04, 2013 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $4.75 Series 4 [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock $4.75 Series 4 [Member]	May 04, 2013 Subordinated Serial Preferred Stock Series One, Three and Four [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Non-Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Non-Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]	Jan. 28, 2012 Non-Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]	Nov. 02, 2013 $1.50 Subordinated Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 $1.50 Subordinated Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]	May 04, 2013 $1.50 Subordinated Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Employees Subordinated Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Conversion Of Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Common Stock [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Common Stock [Member]	Jan. 28, 2012 Common Stock [Member]	Jan. 29, 2011 Common Stock [Member]
Equity (Textual) [Abstract]
Preferred stock, dividend rate													$ 2.30	$ 2.30			$ 4.75	$ 4.75	$ 4.75	$ 4.75
Preferred stock stated and redemption values over accumulated dividends													$ 40				$ 100									$ 1.50	$ 1.50
Preferred stock, redemption amount																					$ 600,000				$ 900,000
Conversion of stock, shares converted													13,713				6,046
Tender offer for outstanding common stock																						15.00%
Expiration date of rights	Mar. 01, 2020
Redeemable price per right (USD per share)	$ 0.01
Number of common stock	1
Multiplication value to Quarterly dividend per share of common stock for calculation of Stated and liquidation values and redemption price																												88
Stated and liquidation values and redemption price per share dividend paid on common stock plus accumulated dividends																									$ 30			$ 30
Stock redeemed or called during period, shares													2,490				1,352		3,247						30,067
Common stock, par value (USD per share)	$ 1	$ 1
Common stock, shares authorized	80,000,000	80,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	24,407,724	24,484,915																												24,407,724	24,484,915	24,757,826	24,162,634
Shares held in treasury	488,464	488,464																				0								488,464
Number of Vote for each outstanding Share	1
Common shares reserved	310,292						60,000	70,854	1,204,662																				46,069
Common stock issued for exercise of stock options	130,051	223,618	390,357																			0	0	0						130,051	223,618	390,357
Weighted average exercise price of common stock	$ 23.33	$ 21.50	$ 24.82
Weighted average market price of common stock issued under stock option (USD per share)	$ 62.30	$ 63.84	$ 48.95
Weighted average price of common stock retired and repurchase (USD per share)																														$ 61.23	$ 58.29
Exercise of stock options	3,034,000	4,808,000	9,687,000																											3,000,000	4,800,000	9,700,000
Common stock issued as restricted shares										199,392	194,232	289,407
Issue shares - Employee Stock Purchase Plan, shares																						0	0	0						3,146	2,463	2,717
Issue shares - Employee Stock Purchase Plan, value	196,000	157,000	133,000
Number of common stock issued to directors for no consideration	14,435	10,224	14,643
Common stock withheld for taxes on restricted stock vested	105,193	75,552	93,089
Restricted stock forfeited during the year																														6,279	4,020	14,081
Common stock issued in conversion of debentures														24,922	22,028	5,238
Common stock shares repurchased and retired																														337,665	645,904
Common stock value repurchased and retired	1,462,000																					1,462,000								20,700,000	37,600,000
Percentage loan cap					25.00%	25.00%
Minimum percentage loan cap						15.00%
Proforma fixed charge coverage ratio	1.0
Redemption cost				1,500,000
Aggregate dividend declared for fiscal year	$ 100,000