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	Apr. 30, 2014	Sep. 20, 2012	Aug. 03, 2013 USD ($)	May 04, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 USD ($)		Feb. 02, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 15, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Federal Fund Rate	Jan. 31, 2015 One-month LIBOR Rate	Jan. 31, 2015 Base Rate Borrowings	Jan. 31, 2015 LIBOR Rate	Jan. 31, 2015 10.5% Senior subordinated notes due 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 10.5% Senior subordinated notes due 2017	Feb. 02, 2013 10.5% Senior subordinated notes due 2017	Mar. 04, 2011 8.875% Senior secured second lien notes due 2019	Jan. 31, 2015 8.875% Senior secured second lien notes due 2019	Feb. 01, 2014 8.875% Senior secured second lien notes due 2019	Feb. 02, 2013 8.875% Senior secured second lien notes due 2019	Mar. 04, 2011 8.875% Senior secured second lien notes due 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due prior to March 15, 2015	Mar. 04, 2011 Former Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2011 Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Facility USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 20, 2012 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019	Mar. 12, 2012 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019	Feb. 28, 2012 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019	Jan. 31, 2015 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019	Feb. 02, 2013 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019	Sep. 20, 2012 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2012 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2012 9.0% Senior secured first lien notes due 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured First Lien Notes Due prior to March 15, 2014	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured First Lien Notes Due prior to March 15, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured First Lien Notes Due prior to March 15, 2015 Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility	Mar. 15, 2013 6.125% Senior secured first lien notes due 2020 USD ($)	May 04, 2013 6.125% Senior secured first lien notes due 2020	Jan. 31, 2015 6.125% Senior secured first lien notes due 2020	Feb. 01, 2014 6.125% Senior secured first lien notes due 2020	Jun. 03, 2013 6.125% Senior secured first lien notes due 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 15, 2013 6.125% Senior secured first lien notes due 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 6.125% Senior secured first lien notes due 2020	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured First Lien Notes Due In Two Thousand Sixteen Senior Secured First Lien Credit Facility	Mar. 15, 2013 Senior Fixed Rate Notes and Senior Toggle Notes USD ($)	Mar. 15, 2013 9.625%/10.375% Senior toggle notes due 2015	Jan. 31, 2015 9.625%/10.375% Senior toggle notes due 2015	Feb. 01, 2014 9.625%/10.375% Senior toggle notes due 2015 USD ($)		Feb. 02, 2013 9.625%/10.375% Senior toggle notes due 2015	May 14, 2013 9.625%/10.375% Senior toggle notes due 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 12, 2014 7.75% Senior notes due 2020	May 14, 2013 7.75% Senior notes due 2020	Jan. 31, 2015 7.75% Senior notes due 2020	Feb. 01, 2014 7.75% Senior notes due 2020	Jan. 12, 2014 7.75% Senior notes due 2020	May 14, 2013 7.75% Senior notes due 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 7.75% Senior notes due 2020	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Notes prior to June 1, 2016	Feb. 01, 2014 9.25% Senior fixed rate notes due 2015 USD ($)		Jan. 31, 2015 9.25% Senior fixed rate notes due 2015	May 14, 2013 9.25% Senior fixed rate notes due 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 9.25% Senior fixed rate notes due 2015	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2013 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2014 Euro Revolver	Jan. 31, 2015 Euro Revolver USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2014 Euro Revolver EUR (€)	Oct. 02, 2014 Euro Revolver Minimum	Oct. 02, 2014 Euro Revolver Maximum	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Secured Term Loan USD ($)	Sep. 20, 2012 Existing senior secured credit facility	Sep. 20, 2012 Existing senior secured credit facility USD ($)	Sep. 20, 2012 Five year senior secured revolving credit facility	Sep. 20, 2012 Five year senior secured revolving credit facility USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Total revolving credit facilities USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Total revolving credit facilities USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Letter of Credit USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities borrowing capacity																																																																		$ 200,000,000	$ 200,000,000		$ 2,400,000				$ 1,450,000,000		$ 200,000,000		$ 115,000,000
Letter of credit					4,500,000
Increase in value of letter of credit					6,000,000
Decrease in value of letter of credit					4,800,000
Principal amount of senior notes														335,000,000							450,000,000								1,142,100,000			625,000,000	100,000,000	400,000,000									210,000,000															320,000,000
Revolving credit facilities, terminate date														Jun. 01, 2017			Mar. 15, 2019												Mar. 15, 2019																									Jun. 01, 2020														Aug. 20, 2017						May 29, 2013
Reduction in indebtedness under credit facility																							194,000,000	241,000,000	1,154,300,000				1,154,300,000																																								2,300,000
Senior notes, maturity period																																																																												5 years
Debt instrument, marginal rate										0.50%	1.00%	3.50%	4.50%
Commitment fee																																																																														0.50%
Foreign subsidiary maximum non-voting equity interest					65.00%																																		100.00%
Foreign subsidiary maximum voting equity interest					100.00%																																		65.00%
Outstanding letters of credit					15,000,000
Total Net Secured Leverage Ratio					550.00%
Total Net Secured Leverage Ratio	600.00%	550.00%			600.00%
Credit facility, amount outstanding																																																																						35,000,000								0	0	3,000,000
Long-term Debt, interest rate														10.50%	10.50%	10.50%		8.875%	8.875%	8.875%	8.875%								9.00%	9.00%	9.00%			9.00%						6.125%	6.125%		6.125%	6.125%											7.75%	7.75%		7.75%	7.75%		9.25%		9.25%		9.25%					2.50%
Repurchase price as a percentage of principal amount														101.00%
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount																						100.00%													109.00%	100.00%	106.125%								100.00%								103.00%		107.75%					100.00%
Percentage of issue amount to face amount																										102.50%	101.50%	100.00%											100.00%															100.00%
Non-voting equity interests					100.00%
Voting equity interests					65.00%
Redemption percentage of principal amount																																			35.00%		35.00%																		35.00%		100.00%
Deferred financial cost, net					32,525,000	39,481,000			4,000,000																				28,000,000
Proceeds from notes						530,000,000		1,142,125,000																														61,700,000
Aggregate principal amount																																														60,500,000
Long-term Debt interest rate, minimum																																															9.625%	9.625%	9.625%		9.625%
Long-term Debt interest rate, minimum																																															10.375%	10.375%	10.375%		10.375%
Tender offer to repurchase aggregate principal amount notes																																										149,500,000										280,700,000												31,800,000
Loss on early debt extinguishment			(3,121,000)	(1,674,000)		(4,795,000)	[1]	(9,707,000)																																									(2,198,000)	[1]											(2,597,000)	[1]
Revolving credit facilities, interest rate terms																																																																				Interest at 2.50% per annum plus the Euro Interbank Offered Rate as in effect for interest periods of one, three or six months or any other period agreed upon.
Revolving credit facilities, percentage of unused facility amount payable as facility fee																																																																				0.875%
Number of successive business days required																																																																							5 days
Fixed Charge Cover Ratio																																																																							150.00%
Leverage Ratio																																																																								150.00%
Covenant																																																																				The Europe Credit Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to Claire’s Gibraltar and its subsidiaries, events of default and provisions relating to mandatory and voluntary payments, which include an annual requirement that for at least 5 successive Business Days in each year no loans under the Europe Credit Facility may be outstanding. The Europe Credit Facility also contains covenants that require Claire’s Gibraltar to maintain particular financial ratios so long as any amounts are outstanding under the facility: a Fixed Charge Cover Ratio not lower than 1.5:1.0 based upon the ratio of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and rent to net interest and rent for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters and a Leverage Ratio not more than 1.5:1.0 based upon the ratio of net debt to adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters.
Line Of Credit Facility Remaining Borrowing Capacity																																																																					$ 100,000

[1] Net of deferred issuance cost write-offs of $1,829 for the Senior Fixed Rate Notes and $1,766 for the Senior Toggle Notes and tender premiums and fees of $1,236 for the Senior Fixed Rate Notes and $675 for the Senior Toggle Notes.