Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014		Feb. 02, 2013		Jan. 28, 2012
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Plan amendment	$ (4,529,000)
Pension curtailment expense	0		0		1,242,000
Components of net periodic pension cost to comprehensive income
Interest cost	2,345,000		2,392,000		2,641,000
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service cost	194,000		620,000		940,000
Net amortization of actuarial losses	1,108,000		3,340,000		2,048,000
Curtailment expense	0		0		1,242,000
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost	3,647,000		6,352,000		6,871,000
Unrecognized prior service cost charged to comprehensive income	194,000		620,000		940,000
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income	1,108,000		3,340,000		2,048,000
Actuarial gains (losses)	1,751,000		3,508,000		(9,342,000)
Plan amendment	4,529,000		0		0
Curtailment expense	0		0		1,242,000
Related tax impact	(2,963,000)		(2,855,000)		2,057,000
Total periodic costs and other charges to comprehensive income	4,619,000		4,613,000		(3,055,000)
Amounts not yet recognized in net periodic benefit cost, included in accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax
Unrecognized prior service (credit) cost	(1,981,000)	[1]	2,742,000	[1]
Unrecognized net actuarial loss	12,974,000		15,832,000
Total included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	10,993,000		18,574,000
SERP's funded status and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets
Projected benefit obligation	(54,704,000)		(58,639,000)		(59,755,000)
Plan assets at fair value	0	[2]	0	[2]
Net liability (included in other long-term liabilities)	(54,704,000)		(58,639,000)
Reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation
Balance at the beginning of the period	58,639,000		59,755,000
Interest cost	2,345,000		2,392,000		2,641,000
Plan amendment	(4,529,000)
Actuarial gains	(1,751,000)		(3,508,000)
Balance at the end of the period	54,704,000		58,639,000		59,755,000
Discount rate assumed as part of the actuarial valuation performed to calculate the projected benefit obligation (as a percent)	4.30%		4.00%
Amount of prior service credits, included in comprehensive income, that are expected to be recognized as components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost in next fiscal year	(200,000)
Amount of actuarial losses, included in comprehensive income, that are expected to be recognized as components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost in next fiscal year	900,000
Benefits projected to be paid in the next five fiscal years	8,500,000
Percentage of total amount of benefits for the next five years projected to be paid in year 1	20.00%
Percentage of total amount of benefits for the next five years projected to be paid in year 2	20.00%
Percentage of total amount of benefits for the next five years projected to be paid in year 3	20.00%
Percentage of total amount of benefits for next five years projected to be paid in year 4	20.00%
Percentage of total amount of benefits for next five years projected to be paid in year 5	20.00%
Aggregate benefits projected to be paid in the following five fiscal years	16,700,000
Other income/expense
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Gain (loss) as a result of the change in value of the insurance policy investments, included in other income and expense	3,600,000		3,400,000		(200,000)
Other noncurrent assets
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Cash surrender values of the insurance policies held in a rabbi trust	$ 51,400,000		$ 47,900,000

[1] During fiscal 2014, the Company amended the SERP to limit the amount of eligible wages under the plan that count toward the SERP benefit for the active participant. As a result, unrecognized prior service cost was reduced by $4.5 million during fiscal 2014.

[2] The SERP is a non-qualified pension plan and hence the insurance policies are not considered to be plan assets. Accordingly, the table above does not include the insurance policies with cash surrender values of $51.4 million and $47.9 million at February 1, 2014 and February 2, 2013, respectively.