Monetary value of common stock allocated to investors to buy shares of a new issue of common stock before they are offered to the public. When stock is sold on a subscription basis, the issuer does not initially receive the total proceeds. In general, the issuer does not issue the shares to the investor until it receives the entire proceeds.

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail)					2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		47 Months Ended
	Sep. 08, 2017 USD ($) shares	Aug. 15, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 27, 2013	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($) Order	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 10, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 28, 2017 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other accrued expenses					$ 11,522,000	$ 11,522,000			$ 11,522,000		$ 11,522,000		$ 9,992,000
Other liabilities					137,830,000	137,830,000			137,830,000		137,830,000		$ 137,830,000
Payments for term loan facility									9,000,000
Repayment of outstanding indebtedness									207,991,000	$ 125,767,000
Term Loan Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments for term loan facility	$ 9,000,000								$ 0		139,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Repayment of outstanding indebtedness	15,000,000		$ 15,000,000					$ 20,000,000
2017 Rights Offering [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Subscription price \| $ / shares		$ 0.45
Non-transferrable number of shares purchase rights for each share owned \| shares		1.3475
Percentage of number of shares pursuant to over subscription		9.99%
Fractional shares of common stock issued in rights offering \| shares		0
Offering period expiration date		Aug. 30, 2017
Gross proceeds from issuance of stock	21,976,000
2017 Rights Offering and 2017 Investment Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	$ 30,000,000
2017 Rights Offering and 2017 Investment Agreement [Member] \| Prior to Reverse Stock Split [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock issuance, shares \| shares	66,666,667
Vince Holding Corp. [Member] \| 2017 Rights Offering and 2017 Investment Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Funds remaining after equity contribution	$ 1,823,000	$ 1,823,000
Tax Receivable Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Date of expiration of related party transaction agreement									Dec. 31, 2023
Rebecca Taylor, Inc. [Member] \| Sourcing Arrangement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Date of related party transaction agreement									Jul. 13, 2017
Percentage of Vince price on RT price									103.50%
Number of business days to settle invoice									2 days
Termination period upon prior written notice to other party									60 days
Related party transaction, amounts on order placed									$ 18,047,000
Related party transaction, amounts on order paid					$ 14,163,000	$ 14,163,000			$ 14,163,000		$ 14,163,000
Number of new orders placed \| Order					0
Affiliates of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. [Member] \| Vince Holding Corp. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock ownership percentage by affiliates					73.00%	73.00%			73.00%		73.00%
Kellwood [Member] \| Shared Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Date of related party transaction agreement									Nov. 27, 2013
Number of business days to settle invoice									15 days
Expense for services provided						$ 83,000	$ 635,000		$ 242,000	4,040,000
Other accrued expenses					$ 119,000	119,000			$ 119,000		$ 119,000
Pre-IPO Stockholders [Member] \| Tax Receivable Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate reduction in taxes payable percentage				85.00%
Basis spread on variable rate per annum for postponed payments									5.00%
Variable rate percentage									2.00%
Total obligation under Tax Receivable Agreement					140,618,000	140,618,000			$ 140,618,000		140,618,000
Current amount of Tax Receivable Agreement obligation included in other accrued expenses					2,788,000	2,788,000			2,788,000		2,788,000
Other liabilities					$ 137,830,000	$ 137,830,000			$ 137,830,000		$ 137,830,000
Sun Cardinal, LLC and SCSF Cardinal, LLC [Member] \| Investment Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Date of related party transaction agreement									Aug. 10, 2017
Sun Cardinal Investors [Member] \| 2017 Investment Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Gross proceeds from issuance of stock	$ 8,024,000
Sun Cardinal Investors [Member] \| 2017 Investment Agreement and 2017 Rights Offering [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock subscription value												$ 30,000,000
Subscription price \| $ / shares												$ 0.45
Affiliates of Sun Fund V [Member] \| Vince Holding Corp. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock ownership percentage by affiliates					73.00%	73.00%			73.00%		73.00%
Sun Capital Consulting Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Date of related party transaction agreement									Nov. 27, 2013
Reimbursement of expenses incurred						$ 11,000	$ 27,000		$ 29,000	$ 80,000