STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Stock Option Activity (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended								0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 13, 2013	Feb. 02, 2014	Feb. 03, 2013	Jan. 29, 2012	Feb. 02, 2014 Equity Option [Member] installments	Feb. 03, 2013 Equity Option [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Equity Option [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Monte Carlo model [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco Acquisition [Member]	May 05, 2013 Warnaco Acquisition [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Warnaco Acquisition [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Warnaco Acquisition [Member] Equity Option [Member] installments	Feb. 02, 2014 Warnaco Acquisition [Member] Black-Scholes-Merton Model [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reduction in Number of Shares to be Granted by Each Option Award		1
Vesting intallments					4								3
Beginning vesting term					one year after date			three years after date
Warnaco employee replacement stock awards	$ 39,752,000	$ 39,752,000								$ 39,752,000	$ 39,752,000
Stock-based compensation expense		57,954,000	33,599,000	40,938,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized					13,213,000			1,275,000
Options, non-vested, unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition (in years)					1 year 7 months 6 days			1 year
Assumptions used to estimate fair value of service-based stock options [Abstract]
Weighted average risk-free interest rate		1.05%	1.20%	2.62%					0.34%					0.24%
Expected term		6 years 2 months 19 days	6 years 3 months	6 years 3 months								1 year 8 months 12 days
Weighted average expected volatility		45.20%	45.16%	44.35%					38.67%					29.40%
Expected annual dividends per share		$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15					$ 0.15					$ 0.15
Weighted average estimated fair value per option		$ 51.51	$ 40.59	$ 29.81					$ 123.27					$ 40.60
Service-based stock option activity [Roll Forward]
Service-based stock options, outstanding, beginning of period					1,958,000
Service-based stock options, replacement awards granted					443,000
Service-based stock options, granted					182,000
Service-based stock options, exercised					978,000
Service-based stock options, cancelled					17,000
Service-based stock options, outstanding, end of period					1,588,000	1,958,000
Service-based stock options, exercisable					977,000
Service-based stock options, outstanding, weighted average price per option, beginning of period					$ 44.17
Service based stock options, replacement awards granted, weighted average price per option					$ 86.26
Service-based stock options, granted, weighted average price per option					$ 117.03
Service-based stock options, exercised, weighted average price per option					$ 52.72
Service-based stock options, cancelled, weighted average price per option					$ 95.05
Service-based stock options, outstanding, weighted average price per option, end of period					$ 58.47	$ 44.17
Service-based stock options, exercisable, weighted average price per option					$ 44.02
Service-based stock options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual life (in years), end of period					5 years 10 months 24 days	5 years 4 months 24 days
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, exercisable, weighted average remaining contractual term					4 years 9 months 18 days
Service-based stock options, outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value, beginning of period					141,117,000
Service-based stock options, outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value, end of period					99,319,000	141,117,000
Service-based stock options, exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value					75,095,000
Options, additional disclosures:
Service-based stock options, granted, aggregate grant date fair value					9,390,000	7,607,000	5,819,000
Fair Value Warnaco Employee Service Based Options					17,987,000
Service-based stock options, vested, aggregate grant date fair value					18,428,000	5,517,000	4,707,000
Service-based stock options, exercised, total intrinsic value of options					$ 70,777,000	$ 27,760,000	$ 34,364,000
Share Based Payment Award Maximum Term		10 years