v3.6.0.2
Stock-based Compensation Options (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2017
Jan. 30, 2016
Jan. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Aggregate Intrinsic Value $ 6,317    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable, Aggregate Intrinsic Value $ 6,317    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term 6 years 6 months 37 days    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term 6 years 5 months 37 days    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term 4 years 9 months 37 days    
DSW Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]      
Number of shares authorized (in shares) 8,500    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant 6,900    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense $ 12,687,000 $ 13,501,000 $ 10,495,000
Annual vesting percentage (in hundredths) 20.00%    
Stock Options [Member]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Nonvested $ 6,317    
DSW Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]      
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense $ 5,788,000 $ 5,532,000 $ 5,827,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]      
Risk-free interest rate 1.49% 1.39% 1.80%
Expected volatility 35.98% 37.90% 44.50%
Expected option term 5 years 4 months 12 days 5 years 1 month 5 years 4 months 12 days
Dividend yield 2.96% 2.10% 2.30%
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) $ 6.58 $ 8.87 $ 11.82
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized [Abstract]      
Compensation cost not yet recognized related to nonvested awards $ 12,000,000    
Stock options activity [Roll forward]      
Outstanding, beginning of period (in shares) 3,849    
Granted 850    
Exercised (410)    
Forfeited (490)    
Outstanding, end of period (in shares) 3,799 3,849  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable, Number 3,590    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Number 1,986    
Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 25.56    
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price 26.89    
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price 15.30    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Forfeitures and Expirations in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price 29.80    
Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price 26.42 $ 25.56  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price 26.21    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 23.31    
Options, Exercises in Period, Total Intrinsic Value $ 3,600,000 $ 8,900,000 $ 11,900,000
Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value $ 2,700,000 $ 3,700,000 $ 2,500,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition 2 years 3 days