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Income Taxes (Details 3) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Feb. 01, 2014 USD ($) | Feb. 02, 2013 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2013 Italy Foreign EUR (€) subsidiary number_of_members_of_management | Feb. 02, 2013 Italy Foreign USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2013 Italy Foreign Minimum | Jan. 31, 2013 Italy Foreign Maximum
Income tax examination |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of subsidiaries which were under audit by the Italian tax authority |  |  |  | 1 ges_NumberofSubsidiariesUnderAudit / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |
Fiscal years under examination by tax authorities |  |  |  |  |  | 2008 | 2013
Tax settlement charge |  |  |  |  | $ 12,800,000 us-gaap_TaxAdjustmentsSettlementsAndUnusualProvisions / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |
Settlement charge previously accrued as an uncertain tax position | 599,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities | 0 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities | 10,950,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities |  | 11,700,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |
Threshold for proposed income adjustments automatically referred for review by a public prosecutor |  |  |  | € 2,000,000 ges_IncomeTaxExaminationReferredForReviewByPublicProsecutorAmount / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |
Current members of Guess European management team subject to review by a public prosecutor |  |  |  | 1 ges_NumberOfCurrentMembersOfManagementTeam / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |
Former members of Guess European management team subject to review by a public prosecutor |  |  |  | 2 ges_Formermembersofmanagementteamsubjecttoreviewbyapublicprosecutor / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |

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