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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Accumulated Balances of Other Comprehensive Loss (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Feb. 03, 2024	Jan. 28, 2023	Jan. 29, 2022
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Beginning Balance		$ (32,630)	$ (40,845)	$ (40,748)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	[1]	17,911	9,749	(1,003)
Gain (loss) on long-term intra-entity foreign currency transactions		(1,691)	(1,534)	906
Ending Balance		$ (16,410)	$ (32,630)	$ (40,845)
[1] Foreign currency translation adjustments are not adjusted for income taxes as they relate to a permanent investment in a subsidiary.

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Amount after tax, before reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity.

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Amount, after tax, of accumulated increase (decrease) in equity from transaction and other event and circumstance from nonowner source.

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