Goodwill (Details)	12 Months Ended
Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2019 USD ($) retail_location licensee
Goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	$ 37,072,000	$ 38,481,000
Adjustments:
Acquisition		857,000
Translation adjustments	(821,000)	(2,266,000)
Impairment	(1,474,000)
Goodwill at the end of the period	34,777,000	37,072,000
Accumulated impairment related to goodwill	1,500,000	0
China retail reporting unit
Adjustments:
Impairment	(1,500,000)
Americas Retail
Goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	1,731,000	1,765,000
Adjustments:
Acquisition		0
Translation adjustments	(6,000)	(34,000)
Impairment	0
Goodwill at the end of the period	1,725,000	1,731,000
Americas Wholesale
Goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	9,966,000	9,972,000
Adjustments:
Acquisition		0
Translation adjustments	(1,000)	(6,000)
Impairment	0
Goodwill at the end of the period	9,965,000	9,966,000
Europe
Goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	23,862,000	25,125,000
Adjustments:
Acquisition		857,000
Translation adjustments	(775,000)	(2,120,000)
Impairment	0
Goodwill at the end of the period	23,087,000	23,862,000
Europe \| Acquisition of retail location from the Company's licensees
Adjustments:
Acquisition		$ 900,000
Number of retail locations acquired \| retail_location		10
Number of licensees that sold retail locations to the Company \| licensee		1
Asia
Goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	1,513,000	$ 1,619,000
Adjustments:
Acquisition		0
Translation adjustments	(39,000)	(106,000)
Impairment	(1,474,000)
Goodwill at the end of the period	$ 0	$ 1,513,000

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