Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity Statement - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment	Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid in Capital - Common Stock [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest [Member]	Total Stockholders' Equity	Total Stockholders' Equity Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest										$ 200
Balance at Feb. 03, 2019			$ 0	$ 85,400	$ 3,017,300	$ 4,350,100		$ (507,900)	$ (1,117,100)		$ 5,827,800
Balance (Cumulative-effect adjustment related to the adoption of accounting guidance for leases) at Feb. 03, 2019							$ (3,100)					$ (3,100)
Balance (in shares) at Feb. 03, 2019				85,446,141
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net (loss) income attributable to PVH Corp.	$ 82,000					82,000					82,000
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(111,600)							(111,600)			(111,600)
Net unrealized and realized gain related to effective cash flow hedges, net of tax	13,400							13,400			13,400
Net gain on net investment hedges, net of tax	(22,400)							22,400			22,400
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to PVH Corp.	6,200										6,200
Settlement of awards under stock plans (in shares)				371,129
Settlement of awards under stock plans				$ 400	1,500						1,900
Stock-based compensation expense					13,900						13,900
Cash dividends	(5,700)					(5,700)					(5,700)
Acquisition of treasury shares during period									(79,500)		(79,500)
Net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest										(400)
Balance at May. 05, 2019	$ 5,761,500		0	$ 85,800	3,032,700	4,423,300		(583,700)	(1,196,600)		5,761,500
Balance (in shares) at May. 05, 2019	85,817,270			85,817,270
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net unrealized and realized gain related to effective cash flow hedges, tax expense	$ 400
Net gain on net investment hedges, tax expense	$ 7,200
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 0.075
Acquisition of treasury shares, number of shares repurchased	659,630
Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest	$ (200)									(200)
Retained earnings	4,423,300
Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest	(2,000)									(2,000)
Retained earnings	4,753,000
Retained earnings | Cumulative-effect adjustment related to the adoption of accounting guidance for credit losses		$ 1,000
Balance at Feb. 02, 2020	$ 5,811,500		0	$ 85,900	3,075,400	4,753,000		(640,100)	(1,462,700)		5,811,500
Balance (Cumulative-effect adjustment related to the adoption of accounting guidance for credit losses) at Feb. 02, 2020							$ (1,000)					$ (1,000)
Balance (in shares) at Feb. 02, 2020	85,890,276			85,890,276
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net (loss) income attributable to PVH Corp.	$ (1,096,800)					(1,096,800)					(1,096,800)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(112,600)							(112,600)			(112,600)
Net unrealized and realized gain related to effective cash flow hedges, net of tax	7,800							7,800			7,800
Net gain on net investment hedges, net of tax	(11,500)							11,500			11,500
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to PVH Corp.	(1,190,100)										(1,190,100)
Settlement of awards under stock plans (in shares)				232,707
Settlement of awards under stock plans				$ 200	(200)						0
Stock-based compensation expense					10,000						10,000
Cash dividends	(2,700)					(2,700)					(2,700)
Acquisition of treasury shares during period									(114,300)		(114,300)
Net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest										(400)
Balance at May. 03, 2020	$ 4,513,400		$ 0	$ 86,100	$ 3,085,200	$ 3,652,500		$ (733,400)	$ (1,577,000)		$ 4,513,400
Balance (in shares) at May. 03, 2020	86,122,983			86,122,983
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net unrealized and realized gain related to effective cash flow hedges, tax expense	$ 4,100
Net gain on net investment hedges, tax expense	$ 3,700
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 0.0375
Acquisition of treasury shares, number of shares repurchased	1,497,725
Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest	$ (2,400)									$ (2,400)
Retained earnings	$ 3,652,500