Nature of Business	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Nature of Business [Abstract]
NATURE OF BUSINESS	1. NATURE OF BUSINESS Destination Maternity Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) is a specialty designer and retailer of maternity clothing. The Company operated 2,008 retail locations as of September 30, 2012, including 625 stores and 1,383 leased departments, throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, and markets its maternity apparel on the Internet through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites. In addition, the Company markets maternity apparel at Kohl’s^® stores throughout the United States under an exclusive product and license agreement. The Company has expanded internationally and has entered into exclusive store franchise and product supply relationships in the Middle East, India and South Korea. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1982.

The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Publisher AICPA

-Name Statement of Position (SOP)

-Number 94-6

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