Related Party Agreements and Transactions - Schedule of Related Party Costs (Details) - Sears Holdings Corporation $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Jan. 27, 2017 USD ($) store_location	Jan. 29, 2016 USD ($) store_location	Jan. 30, 2015 USD ($) store_location
Related Party Transaction
Number of Lands’ End Shops at Sears at period end	216	227	236
Number of Lands' End Shops at Sears closed in period \| store_location	11	9	38
Retail services, store labor
Related Party Transaction
Related party expenses, net	$ 24,727	$ 25,239	$ 26,605
(in thousands)
Related Party Transaction
Related party expenses, net	24,052	26,773	31,087
Supply chain costs
Related Party Transaction
Related party expenses, net	979	985	1,044
Financial services and payment processing
Related Party Transaction
Related party expenses, net	2,834	2,792	3,034
Total expenses
Related Party Transaction
Related party expenses, net	$ 52,592	$ 55,789	$ 61,770

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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