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Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices (Details 4) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015 customer | Feb. 01, 2014 customer | Feb. 02, 2013 customer
Concentration of Credit and Liquidity Risk |  |  |
Number of diversified money market funds, in which cash and cash equivalents are held | 3 ges_NumberOfDiversifiedMoneyMarketFundsInWhichCashAndCashEquivalentAreKept |  |
Concentration risk |  |  |
Percentage of total accounts receivable that are subject to credit insurance coverage, certain bank guarantees or letters of credit for collection purposes | 53.00%ges_PercentageOfTotalAccountsReceivableThatAreInsuredOrSupportedByBankGuaranteesOrLettersOfCredit |  |
Europe |  |  |
Concentration risk |  |  |
Percentage of total accounts receivable that are subject to credit insurance coverage, certain bank guarantees or letters of credit for collection purposes | 66.00%ges_PercentageOfTotalAccountsReceivableThatAreInsuredOrSupportedByBankGuaranteesOrLettersOfCredit / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember |  |
Net Revenue | Customer Concentration Risk |  |  |
Concentration risk |  |  |
Number of domestic wholesale customers | 2 ges_NumberOfDomesticWholesaleCustomersWithConcentrationRisk / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember | 2 ges_NumberOfDomesticWholesaleCustomersWithConcentrationRisk / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember | 2 ges_NumberOfDomesticWholesaleCustomersWithConcentrationRisk / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
Percentage of consolidated net revenue accounted for by two customers | 3.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember | 3.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember | 3.50%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember

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