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Date which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition.

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Initial period during the first fiscal year which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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As of the balance sheet date, the aggregate unrecognized cost of equity-based awards made to employees under equity-based compensation awards that have yet to vest.

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Share-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
Share-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	Nov. 02, 2013	Oct. 27, 2012	Nov. 02, 2013	Oct. 27, 2012	Jan. 28, 2012 Maurice Marciano	Apr. 03, 2013 Stock option	Mar. 28, 2012 Stock option	Nov. 02, 2013 Stock option	Oct. 27, 2012 Stock option	Nov. 02, 2013 Stock option	Oct. 27, 2012 Stock option	Apr. 03, 2013 Nonvested stock awards or units	Jun. 21, 2012 Nonvested stock awards or units	Mar. 28, 2012 Nonvested stock awards or units	Nov. 02, 2013 Nonvested stock awards or units	Oct. 27, 2012 Nonvested stock awards or units	Nov. 02, 2013 Nonvested stock awards or units	Oct. 27, 2012 Nonvested stock awards or units	Jan. 28, 2012 Nonvested stock awards or units Maurice Marciano	Jan. 28, 2012 Nonvested stock awards or units Maurice Marciano	Nov. 02, 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Oct. 27, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Nov. 02, 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Oct. 27, 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan	May 01, 2008 Performance awards/units	Jul. 11, 2013 Performance awards/units Paul Marciano	Jul. 11, 2013 Target performance awards/units Paul Marciano	Jul. 11, 2013 Target performance awards/units Paul Marciano Minimum	Jul. 11, 2013 Target performance awards/units Paul Marciano Maximum	Oct. 30, 2008 Performance options
Disclosure of share-based compensation information under stock plans
Share-based compensation expense	$ 3,845,000	$ 4,019,000	$ 9,844,000	$ 12,662,000				$ 530,000	$ 1,246,000	$ 1,787,000	$ 3,727,000				$ 3,272,000	$ 2,679,000	$ 7,871,000	$ 8,659,000	$ 2,500,000		$ 43,000	$ 94,000	$ 186,000	$ 276,000
Share-Based Compensation, Additional Disclosures
Unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to nonvested stock options/awards/units								4,300,000		4,300,000					24,300,000		24,300,000
Weighted-average period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost (in years/months)								1 year 9 months 8 days		1 year 9 months 8 days					1 year 9 months 8 days		1 year 9 months 8 days
Weighted average fair values of stock options granted during the period (in dollars per share)										$ 6.21	$ 8.92
Granted (in shares)						416,500	290,400																							563,400
Nonvested stock awards or units granted (in shares)												408,400	270,000	292,800											167,000	100,000	143,700
Period award is subject to a performance condition																										9 months	9 months
Percentage of shares that will ultimately vest subject to performance condition																												0.00%	150.00%
Initial vesting period during first fiscal year of grant																										7 months
Vesting period																									5 years	2 years				4 years
Vesting date																											Feb. 01, 2016
Term of consulting agreement					2 years
Original grant date fair value of the modified equity awards																				4,700,000
Modified grant date fair value																				$ 5,000,000