|**SEGMENT DATA (Details) (USD $)In Thousands, unless otherwise specified**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              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|**Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          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|Number of reportable segments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  |                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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|Sales returns                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           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|Percentage of company's revenue by one single customer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  |                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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|**Revenue:**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  |                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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|Net sales                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | [1]                                                                                                                                                              | 5,540,821       | 5,410,028                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 1,316,765      
|Royalty revenue                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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                                                                                                                                  | 113,924        
|Advertising and other revenue                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    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                                                                                                                                  | 41,888         
|Total revenue                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | [1]                                                                                                                                                              | 6,042,999       | 5,890,624                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 1,472,577      
|**Income Before Interest and Taxes:**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  |                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                
|Income before interest and taxes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 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                                                                                                                                  | 167,041        
|Actuarial (gain) loss on retirement and benefit plans                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  | (28,142)        | (76,120)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      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|Business Combination, Acquisition, Integration and Restructuring Costs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  |                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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|Pre-tax loss on sale of Bass                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  |                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                
|Debt modification and extinguishment costs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 40,395                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                  | 0               | 16,233                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                
|Timberland Men's and Izod Women's Exit Costs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     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|(Gain) loss on (amendment) settlement of contracts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  | $ 0             | $ (20,709)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    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|[1]
              Includes $30,000 of sales returns for certain Warnaco wholesale customers in Asia in connection with the Company’s initiative to reduce excess inventory levels.[2]
              Income (loss) before interest and taxes for 2013 includes costs of $469,690 associated with the Company’s acquisition and integration of Warnaco and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $87,703 in Calvin Klein North America; $237,500 in Calvin Klein International; $43,874 in Heritage Brands Wholesale and $100,613 in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments.[3]
              Income before interest and taxes for 2013 includes income of $24,309 related to the amendment of an unfavorable contract. At the time of the Tommy Hilfiger acquisition in 2010, a liability was recorded for such unfavorable contract. The amendment executed in the third quarter of 2013 adjusted the contract terms thereby reducing the amount by which the contract was unfavorable and resulted in a reduction of the liability, amounting to $24,309. Such income was included in the Company’s segments as follows: $12,000 in Tommy Hilfiger North America and $12,309 in Tommy Hilfiger International.[4]
              Income (loss) before interest and taxes for 2012 includes costs of $20,525 associated with the Company’s integration of Tommy Hilfiger and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $379 in Tommy Hilfiger North America; $15,441 in Tommy Hilfiger International and $4,705 in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments.[5]
              Income (loss) before interest and taxes for 2011 includes costs of $69,522 associated with the Company’s integration of Tommy Hilfiger and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $44,704 in Tommy Hilfiger North America; $5,419 in Tommy Hilfiger International; and $19,399 in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments.[6]
              Income before interest and taxes for 2011 includes a one-time expense of $20,709 recorded in connection with the Company’s reacquisition of the rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India that had been subject to a perpetual license. Please refer to Note 2, “Acquisitions and Divestitures,” for a further discussion.[7]
              Income before interest and taxes for 2011 includes costs of $8,118 related to the Company’s negotiated early termination of its license to market sportswear under the Timberland brand and its exit of the Izod women’s wholesale sportswear business.[8]
              Loss before interest and taxes for 2013 includes a loss of $20,228 associated with the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company’s Bass business.[9]
              Includes corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments. Corporate expenses represent overhead operating expenses and include expenses for senior corporate management, corporate finance, information technology related to corporate infrastructure and actuarial gains and losses from the Company’s pension and other postretirement plans. Actuarial gains (losses) from the Company’s pension and other postretirement plans totaled $52,539, $(28,142) and $(76,120) in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.[10]
              Loss before interest and taxes for 2013 includes costs of $40,395 associated with the Company’s debt modification and extinguishment. Please refer to Note 7, “Debt,” for a further discussion.[11]
              Loss before interest and taxes for 2012 includes costs of $42,579 associated with the Company’s acquisition of Warnaco.[12]
              Loss before interest and taxes for 2011 includes costs of $16,233 associated with the Company’s modification of its senior secured credit facility. Please refer to Note 7, “Debt,” for a further discussion. | [1]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Includes $30,000 of sales returns for certain Warnaco wholesale customers in Asia in connection with the Company’s initiative to reduce excess inventory levels. | [2]             | Income (loss) before interest and taxes for 2013 includes costs of $469,690 associated with the Company’s acquisition and integration of Warnaco and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $87,703 in Calvin Klein North America; $237,500 in Calvin Klein International; $43,874 in Heritage Brands Wholesale and $100,613 in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments. | [3]            
|[1]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Includes $30,000 of sales returns for certain Warnaco wholesale customers in Asia in connection with the Company’s initiative to reduce excess inventory levels.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|[2]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Income (loss) before interest and taxes for 2013 includes costs of $469,690 associated with the Company’s acquisition and integration of Warnaco and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $87,703 in Calvin Klein North America; $237,500 in Calvin Klein International; $43,874 in Heritage Brands Wholesale and $100,613 in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments.                                                                                                                                                                   
|[3]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Income before interest and taxes for 2013 includes income of $24,309 related to the amendment of an unfavorable contract. At the time of the Tommy Hilfiger acquisition in 2010, a liability was recorded for such unfavorable contract. The amendment executed in the third quarter of 2013 adjusted the contract terms thereby reducing the amount by which the contract was unfavorable and resulted in a reduction of the liability, amounting to $24,309. Such income was included in the Company’s segments as follows: $12,000 in Tommy Hilfiger North America and $12,309 in Tommy Hilfiger International.
|[4]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Income (loss) before interest and taxes for 2012 includes costs of $20,525 associated with the Company’s integration of Tommy Hilfiger and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $379 in Tommy Hilfiger North America; $15,441 in Tommy Hilfiger International and $4,705 in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|[5]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Income (loss) before interest and taxes for 2011 includes costs of $69,522 associated with the Company’s integration of Tommy Hilfiger and the related restructuring. Such costs were included in the Company’s segments as follows: $44,704 in Tommy Hilfiger North America; $5,419 in Tommy Hilfiger International; and $19,399 in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|[6]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Income before interest and taxes for 2011 includes a one-time expense of $20,709 recorded in connection with the Company’s reacquisition of the rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India that had been subject to a perpetual license. Please refer to Note 2, “Acquisitions and Divestitures,” for a further discussion.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|[7]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Income before interest and taxes for 2011 includes costs of $8,118 related to the Company’s negotiated early termination of its license to market sportswear under the Timberland brand and its exit of the Izod women’s wholesale sportswear business.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|[8]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Loss before interest and taxes for 2013 includes a loss of $20,228 associated with the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company’s Bass business.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|[9]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Includes corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segments. Corporate expenses represent overhead operating expenses and include expenses for senior corporate management, corporate finance, information technology related to corporate infrastructure and actuarial gains and losses from the Company’s pension and other postretirement plans. Actuarial gains (losses) from the Company’s pension and other postretirement plans totaled $52,539, $(28,142) and $(76,120) in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.                                                                                    
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