Goodwill, Trade Names and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Jan. 30, 2010	Jan. 28, 2012 La Senza [Member]	Jan. 31, 2009 La Senza [Member]	Jan. 31, 2007 La Senza [Member]	Jan. 30, 2010 Discontinued Operations [Member] La Senza [Member]
Intangible assets with indefinite lives	$ 486	$ 486	$ 576
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	9	9	16
Amortization expense		4	7	6
Estimated future annual amortization expense in 2012		3
Estimated future annual amortization expense in 2013		2
Estimated future annual amortization expense in 2014		2
Estimated future annual amortization expense in 2015		2
Goodwill	1,330	1,330	1,451	1,442			313
Indefinite-lived intangible assets							170
Finite lived intangible assets							26
Goodwill impairment charges		119			119	189		3
Asset impairment charges					112	25
Impairment charges of finite lived intangible assets					1	1
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets	$ 232	$ 232	$ 6	$ 3