| **SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS** | 12 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| **Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]**    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS                   | VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS(In thousands)Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E    Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses Additions Charged to Other Accounts      Balance at Beginning of Period     Balance at End of Period             Description    Deductions Year Ended January 29, 2012          Allowance for doubtful accounts $11,105 $6,332 $— $1,693(c)$15,744Allowance/accrual for operational chargebacks and customer markdowns (a) 161,691 337,948 — 336,507 163,132Total 172,796 344,280 — 338,200 178,876Year Ended January 30, 2011          Allowance for doubtful accounts $7,224 $1,603 $6,040(b)$3,762(c)$11,105Allowance/accrual for operational chargebacks and customer markdowns (a) 91,887 242,712 64,625(b)237,533 161,691Total 99,111 244,315 70,665 241,295 172,796Year Ended January 31, 2010          Allowance for doubtful accounts $7,160 $5,378 $223 $5,537(c)$7,224Allowance/accrual for operational chargebacks and customer markdowns (a) 91,700 173,818 677 174,308 91,887Total 98,860 179,196 900 179,845 99,111(a)Contains activity associated with the wholesale sales allowance accrual included in accrued expenses. Please see Note 20, “Other Comments” for specified amounts.(b)Principally due to the acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger in 2010.(c)Principally accounts written off as uncollectible, net of recoveries. |

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The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690
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