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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	15 Months Ended		0 Months Ended						6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended								6 Months Ended						3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 03, 2013	Aug. 03, 2014 categories	Aug. 04, 2013	Feb. 02, 2014	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Aug. 04, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member] Heritage Brands Retail [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member] Calvin Klein North America [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member] Calvin Klein International [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member] Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member] Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Warnaco acquisition [Member] Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member]	May 04, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member] Heritage Brands Retail [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member] Calvin Klein North America [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member] Calvin Klein International [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member] Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member] Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Russian Franchisee [Member] Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member]	May 04, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member] Heritage Brands Retail [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member] Calvin Klein North America [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member] Calvin Klein International [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member] Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member] Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Ireland Franchisee [Member] Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]	May 04, 2014 Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member]	May 04, 2014 Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Loans Payable [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Perpetual License Rights [Member] Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Tradenames [Member] Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Customer Relationships [Member] Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Reacquired Perpetual License Rights [Member] Warnaco acquisition [Member]	Aug. 04, 2013 Order Backlog [Member]	May 05, 2013 Order Backlog [Member]	Feb. 02, 2014 Order Backlog [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Order Backlog [Member] Warnaco acquisition [Member]	May 05, 2013 Sale Of Chaps Sportswear [Member]	Aug. 03, 2014 Common Stock [Member] Warnaco acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		4.50%
Calvin Klein categories		2
Total fair value of the acquisition consideration					$ 3,137.1
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares					7.7
Elimination of pre-acquisition liability to Warnaco					9.2			9.2
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	700.0																																		3,075.0
Acquisition, integration and related restructuring costs						119.0	170.0
Warnaco revenue recorded from acquisition date through period-end			1,027.9
Warnaco net loss recorded from acquisition date through period end			(49.9)
Fair Value Adjustment to Order Backlog																																										24.1
Adjustment to amortization expense related to Order Backlog																																								12.3	11.6
Goodwill from acquisition					1,513.2				11.9	456.0	658.6	84.3	5.9	296.5	3.8			0	0	0	0	0	3.8	3.7		0	0	0	0	0	3.7
Amortizable Intangible Assets					1,628.3
Other intangibles					1,023.7																																	149.8	593.3				73.0
Intangible assets not amortizable																																				207.6	604.6
Cash received for sale of Chaps sportswear assets		0	18.3																																									18.3
Number of Stores																2	3								6
Cash					$ 2,180.0																											$ 4.3	$ 6.0	$ 3.1
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 1	$ 1	$ 1	$ 1.00			$ 1.00																																					$ 1.00