Segment Reporting (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
May 01, 2015	May 02, 2014	Jan. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting Information
Assets	$ 1,308,166us-gaap_Assets	$ 1,227,754us-gaap_Assets	$ 1,353,437us-gaap_Assets
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization	13,050	23,816
Depreciation and amortization	4,553	5,002
Number of reportable business segments	2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Summary of Segment Data
Merchandise sales and services, net	299,387us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	330,483us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Capital expenditures	10,974	1,548
Operating segments \| Direct
Segment Reporting Information
Assets	1,032,589	1,077,769	1,023,364
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization	21,678	29,263
Depreciation and amortization	3,695	4,015
Summary of Segment Data
Merchandise sales and services, net	253,373	276,041
Capital expenditures	10,883	1,467
Operating segments \| Retail
Segment Reporting Information
Assets	57,549	66,808	67,765
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization	144	2,326
Depreciation and amortization	497	644
Summary of Segment Data
Merchandise sales and services, net	45,992	54,430
Capital expenditures	0	0
Operating segments \| Corporate and Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Information
Assets	218,028	83,177	262,308
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization	(8,772)	(7,773)
Depreciation and amortization	361	343
Summary of Segment Data
Merchandise sales and services, net	22	12
Capital expenditures	91	81
Apparel [Member]
Summary of Segment Data
Merchandise sales and services, net	253,445	275,857
Apparel and home revenues \| Product concentration risk \| Revenues
Segment Reporting Information
Percentage of revenues (greater than)		99.00%
Non-apparel [Member]
Summary of Segment Data
Merchandise sales and services, net	31,325	37,617
Services and Other [Member]
Summary of Segment Data
Merchandise sales and services, net	$ 14,617	$ 17,009

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