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	Feb. 01, 2015	Feb. 02, 2014	Feb. 03, 2013
Goodwill [Line Items]
Contingent purchase price payments, percentage of total worldwide net sales	1.15%
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross, beginning of period	$ 3,506.8us-gaap_GoodwillGross	$ 1,958.8us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning of period	0	0
Goodwill	3,506.8us-gaap_Goodwill	1,958.8us-gaap_Goodwill
Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein	50.5	51.0
Impairment of goodwill	(11.9)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Currency translation	(299.7)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments	(21.3)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Goodwill, gross, end of period	3,271.0us-gaap_GoodwillGross	3,506.8us-gaap_GoodwillGross	1,958.8us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Accumulated impairment losses, end of period	(11.9)	0	0
Goodwill	3,259.1us-gaap_Goodwill	3,506.8us-gaap_Goodwill	1,958.8us-gaap_Goodwill
Calvin Klein North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross, beginning of period	683.6	207.1
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning of period	0	0
Goodwill	683.6	207.1
Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein	28.2	25.1
Impairment of goodwill	0
Currency translation	(6.4)	(4.6)
Goodwill, gross, end of period	705.4	683.6
Accumulated impairment losses, end of period	0	0
Goodwill	705.4	683.6
Calvin Klein International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross, beginning of period	877.8	201.5
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning of period	0	0
Goodwill	877.8	201.5
Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein	22.3	25.9
Impairment of goodwill	0
Currency translation	(46.4)	(8.2)
Goodwill, gross, end of period	859.6	877.8
Accumulated impairment losses, end of period	0	0
Goodwill	859.6	877.8
Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross, beginning of period	204.4	198.5
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning of period	0	0
Goodwill	204.4	198.5
Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein	0	0
Impairment of goodwill	0
Currency translation	0	0
Goodwill, gross, end of period	204.4	204.4
Accumulated impairment losses, end of period	0	0
Goodwill	204.4	204.4
Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross, beginning of period	1,489.9	1,196.6
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning of period	0	0
Goodwill	1,489.9	1,196.6
Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein	0	0
Impairment of goodwill	0
Currency translation	(246.0)	(8.3)
Goodwill, gross, end of period	1,251.4	1,489.9
Accumulated impairment losses, end of period	0	0
Goodwill	1,251.4	1,489.9
Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross, beginning of period	239.2	155.1
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning of period	0	0
Goodwill	239.2	155.1
Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein	0	0
Impairment of goodwill	0
Currency translation	(0.9)	(0.2)
Goodwill, gross, end of period	238.3	239.2
Accumulated impairment losses, end of period	0	0
Goodwill	238.3	239.2
Heritage Brands Retail [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross, beginning of period	11.9	0
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning of period	0	0
Goodwill	11.9	0
Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein	0	0
Impairment of goodwill	(11.9)
Currency translation	0	0
Goodwill, gross, end of period	11.9	11.9
Accumulated impairment losses, end of period	(11.9)	0
Goodwill	0	11.9
Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	3.8	5.1
Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member] \| Calvin Klein North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0	0
Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member] \| Calvin Klein International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0	0
Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0	0
Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	3.8	5.1
Tommy Hilfiger Russia Franchisee [Member] \| Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0	0
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Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0	0
Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	3.7
Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member] \| Calvin Klein North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member] \| Calvin Klein International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	3.7
Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member] \| Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Tommy Hilfiger Ireland Franchisee [Member] \| Heritage Brands Retail [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Warnaco [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill		1,513.2
Warnaco [Member] \| Calvin Klein North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill		456.0
Warnaco [Member] \| Calvin Klein International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill		658.6
Warnaco [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill		5.9
Warnaco [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill		296.5
Warnaco [Member] \| Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill		84.3
Warnaco [Member] \| Heritage Brands Retail [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill		11.9
Asia Calvin Klein Performance Wear Businesses [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	5.9
Asia Calvin Klein Performance Wear Businesses [Member] \| Calvin Klein North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Asia Calvin Klein Performance Wear Businesses [Member] \| Calvin Klein International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	5.9
Asia Calvin Klein Performance Wear Businesses [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger North America [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Asia Calvin Klein Performance Wear Businesses [Member] \| Tommy Hilfiger International [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Asia Calvin Klein Performance Wear Businesses [Member] \| Heritage Brands Wholesale [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	0
Asia Calvin Klein Performance Wear Businesses [Member] \| Heritage Brands Retail [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	$ 0