STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2010	May 02, 2010	Jan. 29, 2012 payments	Jan. 30, 2011 payments	Jan. 31, 2010 payments	Apr. 28, 2010 Tommy Hilfiger Acquisition [Member]	Aug. 01, 2010 Tommy Hilfiger Acquisition [Member]	Jan. 30, 2011 Tommy Hilfiger Acquisition [Member]	Feb. 01, 2004 Calvin Klein Acquisition [Member] Y	Jan. 29, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Jan. 30, 2011 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Aug. 01, 2010 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Jan. 30, 2011 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] Tommy Hilfiger Acquisition [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] Tommy Hilfiger Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)				8,000						8,000	8,000	8,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 100	$ 100						$ 100	$ 100	$ 100
Convertible preferred stock, value, aggregate gross purchase price												$ 200,000	$ 200,000
Net proceeds from preferred stock issuance	188,595		0	188,595	0
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share										$ 25,000
Preferred stock, conversion price into shares of common stock										$ 47.74
Total shares of common stock convertible preferred stock is convertible into										4,189,000				4,189,000
Common stock offering, including the sale of 5,250,000 treasury shares		5,750,000				5,750,000
Net proceeds from common stock offering		$ 364,529	$ 0	$ 364,529	$ 0
Shares released from treasury		5,250,000		5,250,000
Shares newly issued		500,000											8,000
Issuance of common stock in connection with the acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger, shares							7,873,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 1		$ 1	$ 1				$ 1
Number of dividends paid			4	4	4
Cash dividends paid, per share			$ 0.0375	$ 0.0375	$ 0.0375
Class of warrant, period over which warrant is exercisable									9
Number of common shares available for purchase upon exercise of warrant									320,000
Warrants, exercise price for purchase of common shares									$ 28