FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2012	Jan. 29, 2012	May 01, 2011
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, assets	$ 9,616	$ 13,581	$ 1,813
Interest rate contracts, assets	133	211
Total Assets	9,749	13,792	1,813
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, liabilities	3,155	2,855	42,637
Interest rate contracts, liabilities	6,865	7,907
Contingent purchase price payments related to reacquisition of the perpetual rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India	9,859	9,559
Total Liabilities	19,879	20,321	42,637
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Contingent purchase price payments, balance	9,859	9,559
Payments	0
Adjustments included in earnings	300
Compounded Annual Net Sales Growth Rate	36.00%
Fair Value Inputs Discount Rate	20.00%
Effect of five-percentage-point decrease in discount rate on liability, increase of	2,000
Effect of five-percentage-point increase in discount rate on liability, decrease of	1,500
Effect of five-percentage-point increase or decrease on annual net sales growth rate	1,000
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent Consideration Limit		25,000
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] \| Initial Term [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent Purchase Price Term	5 years
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] \| Extended Term [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent Purchase Price Term	6 years
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] \| Due Within [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payment terms	60 days
Tommy Hilfiger India License [Member] \| Period Length [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payment terms	1 year
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, assets	9,616	13,581	1,813
Interest rate contracts, assets	133	211
Total Assets	9,749	13,792	1,813
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts, liabilities	3,155	2,855	42,637
Interest rate contracts, liabilities	6,865	7,907
Total Liabilities	10,020	10,762	42,637
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payments related to reacquisition of the perpetual rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India	9,859	9,559
Total Liabilities	9,859	9,559
Portion at Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	238,612		294,958
Short-term borrowings	107,393		12,277
Long-term debt (including portion classified as current)	1,948,152		2,313,926
Carrying (Reported) Amount, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	238,612		294,958
Short-term borrowings	107,393		12,277
Long-term debt (including portion classified as current)	$ 1,874,339		$ 2,254,489

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