Debt (Details) (USD $)				12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014 note	Feb. 02, 2013	Feb. 01, 2014 Senior Notes [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Series A Unsecured Senior Notes [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Series B Unsecured Senior Notes [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Standby Letters of Credit [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Standby Letters of Credit [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Trade Letters Of Credit [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Trade Letters Of Credit [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 New York City Office [Member] Standby Letters of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 New York City Office [Member] Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of unsecured senior notes held	2
Unsecured senior notes	$ 150,000,000	$ 150,000,000	$ 150,000,000	$ 85,000,000	$ 65,000,000
Unsecured senior notes due date				Dec. 01, 2018	Dec. 01, 2021
Unsecured senior notes interest rate				6.38%	6.53%
Unsecured senior notes estimated fair value	182,000,000
Borrowing capacity for revolving credit facility						600,000,000
Revolving credit facility expiration date						Jun. 01, 2017
Sublimit for issuance of standby letters of credit						300,000,000
Basis points margin over LIBOR						1.00%
Revolving credit facility borrowing amount							0
Standby letter of credit, amount outstanding								24,300,000	33,800,000			11,100,000	11,100,000
Collateral trust	47,200,000	34,900,000
Trade Letters Of Credit Amount										$ 31,600,000	$ 38,000,000