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|**Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]**           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|GOODWILL                                               | GOODWILLThe changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for thethirty-nine weeks endedNovember 1, 2015, by segment (please see Note 18, “Segment Data,” for a further discussion), were as follows:(In millions)Calvin Klein North AmericaCalvin Klein InternationalTommy Hilfiger North AmericaTommy Hilfiger InternationalHeritage Brands WholesaleHeritage Brands RetailTotalBalance as of February 1, 2015Goodwill, gross$705.4$859.6$204.4$1,251.4$238.3$11.9$3,271.0Accumulated impairment losses—————(11.9)(11.9)Goodwill, net705.4859.6204.41,251.4238.3—3,259.1Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein23.515.1————38.6Currency translation and other(4.3)(24.0)—(31.6)(0.7)—(60.6)Balance as of November 1, 2015Goodwill, gross724.6850.7204.41,219.8237.611.93,249.0Accumulated impairment losses—————(11.9)(11.9)Goodwill, net$724.6$850.7$204.4$1,219.8$237.6$—$3,237.1The Company is required to make contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein in connection with the Company’s acquisition in 2003 of all of the issued and outstanding stock of Calvin Klein, Inc. and certain affiliated companies (collectively, “Calvin Klein”). Such payments are based on1.15%of total worldwide net sales, as defined in the acquisition agreement (as amended), of products bearing any of theCalvin Kleinbrands and are required to be made with respect to sales made through February 12, 2018. A significant portion of the sales on which the payments to Mr. Klein are made are wholesale sales by the Company and its licensees and other partners to retailers.
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|(In millions)                                          | Calvin Klein North America                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Balance as of February 1, 2015                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Goodwill, gross                                        | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|Goodwill, net                                          | 705.4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein | 23.5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Currency translation and other                         | (4.3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Balance as of November 1, 2015                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Goodwill, gross                                        | 724.6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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