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| Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] | The following tables present summarized information by segment: Thirteen Weeks Ended (In millions)4/30/17(1) 5/1/16(1) Revenue – Calvin Klein North America    Net sales    $330.1 $338.8 Royalty revenue    35.1 30.3 Advertising and other revenue    10.2 11.5 Total    375.4 380.6      Revenue – Calvin Klein International    Net sales354.8 316.3 Royalty revenue19.6 18.6 Advertising and other revenue6.0 7.2 Total380.4 342.1      Revenue – Tommy Hilfiger North America    Net sales    298.1 321.1 Royalty revenue    16.5 11.0 Advertising and other revenue    3.9 2.5 Total    318.5 334.6      Revenue – Tommy Hilfiger International    Net sales    507.8 444.6 Royalty revenue    10.1 11.6 Advertising and other revenue    5.6 1.0 Total    523.5 457.2      Revenue – Heritage Brands Wholesale    Net sales326.8 339.2 Royalty revenue5.0 5.0 Advertising and other revenue0.9 0.7 Total332.7 344.9      Revenue – Heritage Brands Retail    Net sales57.4 57.7 Royalty revenue1.0 0.6 Advertising and other revenue0.1 0.1 Total58.5 58.4      Total Revenue    Net sales    1,875.0 1,817.7 Royalty revenue    87.3 77.1 Advertising and other revenue    26.7 23.0 Total    $1,989.0 $1,917.8 (1) Revenue was impacted by the strengthening of the United States dollar against foreign currencies in which the Company transacts significant levels of business. Please see section entitled “Results of Operations” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Part I, Item 2 of this report for a further discussion.  Thirteen Weeks Ended (In millions)4/30/17(2)  5/1/16(2) Income before interest and taxes – Calvin Klein North America$41.9  $38.1(8)(9)       Income before interest and taxes – Calvin Klein International51.6  52.2(8)(9)       (Loss) income before interest and taxes – Tommy Hilfiger North America(18.8)(3)(5)  23.0       Income before interest and taxes – Tommy Hilfiger International52.1(4)(5)  183.3(10)       Income before interest and taxes – Heritage Brands Wholesale30.3  27.9(8)       Income before interest and taxes – Heritage Brands Retail1.5  2.1       Loss before interest and taxes – Corporate(1)    (45.4)(6)(7)  (32.0)(8)       Income before interest and taxes$113.2  $294.6 (1) Includes corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments, the Company’s proportionate share of the net income or loss of its investment in Karl Lagerfeld and Gazal and the results of PVH Ethiopia. Corporate expenses represent overhead operating expenses and include expenses for senior corporate management, corporate finance, information technology related to corporate infrastructure, actuarial gains and losses from the Company’s pension and other postretirement plans (which are generally recorded in the fourth quarter) and gains and losses from changes in the fair value of foreign currency option contracts.  (2) Income (loss) before interest and taxes was impacted by the strengthening of the United States dollar against foreign currencies in which the Company transacts significant levels of business. Please see section entitled “Results of Operations” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Part I, Item 2 of this report for a further discussion. (3) (Loss) income before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks endedApril 30, 2017 included costs of $7.0 million related to the relocation of the Company’s Tommy Hilfiger office in New York, including noncash depreciation expense.(4) Income before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks endedApril 30, 2017 included costs of $6.9 million related to the TH China acquisition, primarily consisting of amortization of short-lived assets.(5) (Loss) income before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks endedApril 30, 2017 included costs of $54.2 million associated with the agreements entered into on March 20, 2017 for a transaction to restructure the Company’s supply chain relationship with Li & Fung Trading Limited (“Li & Fung”). The transaction establishes a new strategic partnership with Li & Fung to provide services to the Company and also provides for the termination of the Company’s non-exclusive buying agency agreement with Li & Fung. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $31.3 million in Tommy Hilfiger North America; and $22.9 million in Tommy Hilfiger International.(6) Loss before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks ended April 30, 2017 included costs of $1.8 million associated with the consolidation of the Company’s warehouse and distribution network in North America.(7) Loss before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks endedApril 30, 2017 included costs of $9.4 million related to the noncash settlement of certain of the Company’s benefit obligations related to its Pension Plans as a result of an annuity purchased for certain participants, under which such obligations were transferred to an insurer. Please see Note 8, “Retirement and Benefit Plans,” for a further discussion.(8) Income (loss) before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2016 included costs of $7.5 million associated with the integration of Warnaco and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $0.2 million in Calvin Klein North America; $2.6 million in Calvin Klein International; $0.4 million in Heritage Brands Wholesale; and $4.3 million in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments.(9) Income before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2016 included costs of $5.5 million associated with the restructuring related to the new global creative strategy for CALVIN KLEIN. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $2.7 million in Calvin Klein North America; and $2.8 million in Calvin Klein International.(10) Income before interest and taxes for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2016 included a noncash gain of $153.1 million to write-up the Company’s equity investment in TH China to fair value in connection with the TH China acquisition. Partially offsetting the gain were acquisition related costs of $24.2 million, principally consisting of valuation adjustments and amortization of short-lived assets, and a one-time cost of $5.9 million recorded on the Company’s equity investment in TH China. Please see Note 3, “Acquisitions,” for a further discussion.Intersegment transactions primarily consist of transfers of inventory principally from the Heritage Brands Wholesale segment to the Heritage Brands Retail segment, the Calvin Klein North America segment and the Tommy Hilfiger North America segment. These transfers are recorded at cost plus a standard markup percentage. Such markup percentage on ending inventory is eliminated principally in the Heritage Brands Retail segment, the Calvin Klein North America segment and the Tommy Hilfiger North America segment. |

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