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Income Taxes (Details 2) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Feb. 01, 2014
Feb. 02, 2013
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Net operating loss carryforwards of the Company's U.S. and certain retail operations in Asia, Europe and Brazil $ 40,100,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards    
Operating loss carryforwards that have an unlimited carryforward life 7,100,000ges_OperatingLossCarryforwardsWithUnlimitedCarryforwardLife    
Valuation allowance 5,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance 700,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance  
Changes that occurred in the amount of gross unrecognized tax benefit excluding interest and penalties      
Beginning balance 10,900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 4,527,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 16,045,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Additions:      
Tax positions related to the prior year 4,224,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Tax positions related to the current year 1,722,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 7,501,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Reductions:      
Tax positions related to the prior year (55,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (1,128,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (568,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Tax positions related to the current year (91,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Settlements (599,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities (10,950,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities
Expiration of statutes of limitation (2,461,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
Ending balance 13,640,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 10,900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 4,527,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Amount of unrecognized tax benefit which, if ultimately recognized, may reduce our future annual effective tax rate 12,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Aggregate accruals for uncertain tax positions, including penalties and interest 14,400,000us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsNoncurrent 11,400,000us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsNoncurrent  
Interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions 300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense   (900,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions 700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued  
Capital loss carryforward      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Capital loss carryforwards of the Company's U.S. retail operations 200,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalLossCarryforwardMember		    
Foreign      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Net operating loss carryforwards of the Company's U.S. and certain retail operations in Asia, Europe and Brazil 10,700,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember		    
Foreign | Minimum      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Fiscal year when operating loss carryforwards will expire 2016    
Foreign | Maximum      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Fiscal year when operating loss carryforwards will expire 2024    
State      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Net operating loss carryforwards of the Company's U.S. and certain retail operations in Asia, Europe and Brazil 22,300,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember		    
State | Minimum      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Fiscal year when operating loss carryforwards will expire 2016    
State | Maximum      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Fiscal year when operating loss carryforwards will expire 2035    
U.S. | Capital loss carryforward      
Operating and capital loss carryforwards      
Capital loss carryforwards of the Company's U.S. retail operations $ 200,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalLossCarryforwardMember		    
Fiscal year when capital loss carryforwards will expire 2019