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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2019 | Feb. 03, 2018 | Jan. 28, 2017
Fair Value Measurements Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill impairment |  |  | $ 2,500,000 |
Loss on impairment of assets | $ 546,000 | $ 0 | 20,576,000 | [1]
China and Hong Kong |  |  |  |
Fair Value Measurements Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill impairment | $ 0 |  | $ 2,500,000 |
[1] | Non-cash impairment charges of $20.6 million for Fiscal 2016 consisted of $7.2 million for the impairment of all Company-owned retail stores in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and China, as well as $10.8 million of impairment and restructuring charges related to non-store corporate assets that support the international retail stores and e-commerce operations and $2.5 million of goodwill impairment for the China and Hong Kong retail operations.

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