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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | 6 Months Ended
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Aug. 01, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component, net of tax, are as follows:
($ in millions) | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Total
Balance at January 31, 2015 | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 105 |  |  | $ | 165 |
13 Weeks Ended May 2, 2015: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments | — |  |  | (10 | ) |  | (10 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | — |  |  | (21 | ) |  | (21 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net | 6 |  |  | (31 | ) |  | (25 | )
Balance at May 2, 2015 | 66 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 140 |
13 Weeks Ended August 1, 2015: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation | (13 | ) |  | — |  |  | (13 | )
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments | — |  |  | 36 |  |  | 36 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | — |  |  | (19 | ) |  | (19 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net | (13 | ) |  | 17 |  |  | 4 |
Balance at August 1, 2015 | $ | 53 |  |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 144 |
($ in millions) | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Total
Balance at February 1, 2014 | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 135 |
13 Weeks Ended May 3, 2014: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation | 11 |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments | — |  |  | (11 | ) |  | (11 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (5 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net | 11 |  |  | (16 | ) |  | (5 | )
Balance at May 3, 2014 | 118 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 130 |
13 Weeks Ended August 2, 2014: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | )
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net | (2 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | (1 | )
Balance at August 2, 2014 | $ | 116 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 129 |
See Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional disclosures about reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income and their corresponding effects on the respective line items in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

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