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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2015 | Aug. 31, 2014 | Aug. 31, 2015 | Aug. 31, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of asset |  |  | 9 years 1 month 6 days |  | 9 years 6 months
Amortization of trade names, customer lists, and patent | $ 1,498,000 | $ 1,419,000 | $ 2,990,000 | $ 2,836,000 |
Goodwill acquired |  |  | 48,000 |  | $ 5,205,000
Goodwill impairment |  |  | 0 |  | (55,923,000)
Wisco [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  |  |  |  | 12,000
Sovereign [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  |  | 48,000 |  | 945,000
Kay Toledo [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  |  |  |  | 4,200,000
Print Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of trade names, customer lists, and patent |  |  | 2,300,000 | 2,100,000 |
Goodwill acquired |  |  | 48,000 |  | 5,205,000
Goodwill impairment |  |  | 0 |  | 0
Apparel Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of trade names, customer lists, and patent |  |  | 700,000 | $ 700,000 |
Goodwill acquired |  |  | 0 |  | 0
Goodwill impairment |  |  | $ 0 |  | $ (55,923,000)
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of asset |  |  | 1 year |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of asset |  |  | 15 years |  |

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