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Total Rental Expense for All Operating Leases (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2015		Feb. 02, 2014		Feb. 03, 2013
Accounting For Leases [Line Items]
Rent expense	$ 215,221wsm_OperatingLeasesRentalExpense		$ 201,727wsm_OperatingLeasesRentalExpense		$ 189,060wsm_OperatingLeasesRentalExpense
Contingent rent expense	32,699us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseContingentRentals		34,608us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseContingentRentals		35,634us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseContingentRentals
Rent expense before deferred lease incentive income	247,920wsm_RentExpenseBeforeDeferredLeaseIncentiveIncome		236,335wsm_RentExpenseBeforeDeferredLeaseIncentiveIncome		224,694wsm_RentExpenseBeforeDeferredLeaseIncentiveIncome
Deferred lease incentive income	(24,420)wsm_DeferredLeaseIncentiveIncome		(25,385)wsm_DeferredLeaseIncentiveIncome		(26,694)wsm_DeferredLeaseIncentiveIncome
Less: sublease rental income	(560)us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseSubleaseRentals1		(536)us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseSubleaseRentals1		(535)us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseSubleaseRentals1
Total rent expense	$ 222,940us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	[1]	$ 210,414us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	[1]	$ 197,465us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	[1]
[1] Excludes all other occupancy-related costs including depreciation, common area maintenance, utilities and property taxes.

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The increases or decreases in lease payments that result from changes occurring after the inception of the lease in the factors (other than the passage of time) on which lease payments are based, except that any escalation of minimum lease payments relating to increases in construction or acquisition cost of the leased property or for increases in some measure of cost or value during the construction or preconstruction period, are excluded from contingent rentals. Contingent rentals also may include amounts for which the triggering events have not yet occurred or the specified targets for which have not yet been achieved (such as sales based percentage rent), but which events are considered probable of occurring or which specified targets are considered probable of being achieved.

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Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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