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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Feb. 01, 2025
Mar. 19, 2025
Aug. 03, 2024
Cover [Abstract]      
Document Type 10-K    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Feb. 01, 2025    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2024    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Trading Symbol AEO    
Entity Registrant Name AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.    
Entity Central Index Key 0000919012    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --02-01    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Small Business false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   172,514,102  
Entity Public Float     $ 3,895,085,181
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock, $0.01 par value    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
Entity File Number 1-33338    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 13-2721761    
Entity Address, Address Line One 77 Hot Metal Street    
Entity Address, City or Town Pittsburgh    
Entity Address, State or Province PA    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 15203-2329    
City Area Code 412    
Local Phone Number 432-3300    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Transition Report false    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction false    
Documents Incorporated by Reference

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III herein of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The registrant expects to file such definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of its fiscal year ended February 1, 2025.

    
Auditor Name Ernst & Young LLP    
Auditor Firm ID 42    
Auditor Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania    
Auditor Opinion

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (the Company) as of February 1, 2025 and February 3, 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 1, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at February 1, 2025 and February 3, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 1, 2025, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 1, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated March 20, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.