| Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Policies) | 9 Months Ended |
| Apr. 01, 2017 |
| Accounting Policies [Abstract] | |
| Interim Financial Statements | The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets of bebe stores, inc. (the “Company”) as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 , the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X, without audit. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements. Therefore, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2016 . In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary to present fairly the financial position at the balance sheet dates and the results of operations for the periods presented have been included. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at July 2, 2016 , presented herein, was derived from the audited balance sheet included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2016 . The Company’s business is affected by the pattern of seasonality common to most retail apparel businesses. The results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of future financial results. The Company has incurred net losses and cash used in operating activities in fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014. Cash and equivalents were $55.5 million as of July 2, 2016. During the nine months ended April 1, 2017 , net loss was $64.8 million and the Company used net cash from operating activities totaling $25.8 million . As a result, cash and equivalents were $26.8 million as of April 1, 2017 . The Company used, $38.6 million , $25.0 million and $30.3 million net of cash in operating activities in the fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014 respectively. Corporate Restructuring On April 18, 2017, the Company announced its intention to close and liquidate the inventory in all of its existing bebe and bebe outlet stores by the end of May 2017. The Company has hired a liquidation firm to assist with the sale of the inventory and store fixtures. The Company will terminate the employment of its store personnel upon closure. The Company has hired a real estate consultant to negotiate with its landlords to terminate existing leases and the Company will have to make payments in order to close all of its retail stores. While the Company does not know the exact amount of such termination payments it believes the payments will be in the range of approximately $60 to $65 million . In addition to this, the Company recorded $9.2 million in expense during the three months ended April 1, 2017 for lease termination payments related to settlements within the fiscal quarter. The Company also intends to transfer the www.bebe.com domain name, its social media accounts and its international wholesale agreements to the Joint Venture. The Joint Venture in turn intends to license them to one or more third parties. Assuming the Company is successful with these efforts, the Company expects that it will then cease to have any retail operations and will instead manage its investment in the Joint Venture. As a result, the Company expects to terminate the employment of all or substantially all of its employees over the coming months as its operations wind-down and to pay severance, accrued vacation and stay-on bonuses in the range of approximately $7 to $10 million to such employees expected to be paid over the next two fiscal quarters. In order to fund the lease termination payments, severance payments, and future operations, the Company plans to sell its real estate assets. The Company does not expect to incur a loss on the sale of its real estate holdings. The Company expects that the proceeds to be received from the sale of real estate, together with existing cash and equivalents will be sufficient to pay the costs associated with this restructuring although it cannot be certain that will be the case. As a result of the expected timing of lease termination payments and the sale of real estate assets, the Company is negotiating with a third party to obtain bridge financing to meet the agreed upon obligations associated with the lease termination agreements. However, the Company cannot guarantee that such financing can be obtained on reasonable terms or at all. If the Company is unable to obtain bridge financing, the lease termination payments will be delayed. The Company cannot assure that the corporate restructuring efforts will be successful and are dependent on many factors including the termination of all leases, the sale of its real estate assets and the bridge financing. The Company believes that cash and cash equivalents on hand will be sufficient to meet capital and operating requirements for at least the next twelve months. Future capital requirements, however, will depend on the results of negotiation of lease settlements with landlords, the proceeds received from sale of real estate assets, and the results of inventory liquidation efforts. The Company has recorded impairment charges of $8.7 million for the three months ended April 1, 2017 related to long-lived assets in its store fleet for those stores with positive net carrying value (fixed assets less deferred rent and other credits). The remaining stores with negative net carrying values, due to deferred rent and other credits, will be reversed into income in the period in which the stores have been closed. The Company has recorded further impairment charges of approximately $12.9 million related to long-lived assets at its corporate head offices and its distribution center. Upon completion of the corporate restructuring, the Company's historical operations will be reported as discontinued operations. |
| Fiscal Year | The Company’s fiscal year is a 52 or 53 week period, each period ending on the first Saturday on or after June 30. Fiscal years 2017 and 2016 both include 52 weeks. The three month periods ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 each include 13 weeks. The nine month periods ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 each included 39 weeks. The Company’s business is affected by the pattern of seasonality common to most retail apparel businesses. The results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of future financial results. |
| Recent Accounting Pronouncements | Stock Compensation In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2016-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718)", which is part of the FASB's Simplification Initiative. The updated guidance simplifies the accounting for share-based payment transactions. The amended guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning with fiscal 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its consolidated financial statements. Leases In February 2016 the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Leases". This standard requires lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets as a right-to-use asset and a lease liability, but to continue to recognize expenses in the statements of operations in a manner similar to current accounting. The Company will adopt this standard at the beginning of fiscal year 2020 however the Company does not expect to have any store leases and no longer expects the impact of this to be material. Revenue Recognition In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers", or ASU 2014-09, which states that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this, an entity will need to: identify the contract with a customer; identify the separate performance obligations in the contract; determine the transaction price; allocate the transaction price to the separate performance obligation in the contract; and recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies each performance obligation. ASU No. 2014-09 will be effective beginning with fiscal year 2019. The Company is currently assessing its approach to the adoption of this standard and the impact on the results of operations and financial position. Inventory In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, "Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory". The new standard amends the guidelines for the measurement of inventory from lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value (NRV). NRV is defined as the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. Under existing standards, inventory is measured at lower of cost or market, which requires the consideration of replacement cost, NRV and NRV less an amount that approximates a normal profit margin. This ASU eliminates the requirement to determine and consider replacement cost or NRV less an approximately normal profit margin for inventory measurement. The new standard is effective prospectively at the beginning of fiscal year 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of adopting this new accounting guidance on its results of operations and financial position. |
| Fair Value Measurements | The FASB has established a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers include: Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. |
| Income Tax | Deferred income taxes arise from temporary differences between the tax and financial statement recognition of revenue and expenses. The Company regularly assesses the need for a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. In evaluating whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the Company’s deferred tax assets will not be realized, it considers all available positive and negative evidence, including recent year’s operational results which is objectively verifiable evidence. As a result of its evaluation of the realizability of its deferred tax assets as of April 1, 2017 , the Company continues to believe, based upon all available evidence, that it is more likely than not that the majority of its deferred tax assets will continue to not be realized. Accordingly, the tax benefit related to the current quarter losses is not recognized. The Company will continue to maintain a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets until the Company believes it is more likely than not that these assets will be realized in the future. If sufficient positive evidence arises in the future indicating that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets meet the more likely than not standard, the valuation allowance will be reversed accordingly in the period that such determination is made. |
| Earnings Per Share | Basic earnings per share is computed as net earnings divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable through the exercise of dilutive stock options. |
