| **RETIREMENT AND BENEFIT PLANS Benefit Obligations (Details) (USD $)In Thousands, unless otherwise specified** | 12 Months Ended |
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| **Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Benefit Obligation [Roll Forward]**                                          |            |   |   |
| Benefit payments                                                                                               | $ (30,541)      | $ (14,456) |   |
| Actuarial (gain) loss on retirement and benefit plans                                                          | 52,539          | (28,142) | (76,120) |
| Pension Plans [Member]                                                                                         |            |   |   |
| **Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Benefit Obligation [Roll Forward]**                                          |            |   |   |
| Balance at beginning of year                                                                                   | 406,395         | 359,727 |   |
| Service cost                                                                                                   | 18,721          | 15,315 |   |
| Interest cost                                                                                                  | 26,395          | 17,974 | 17,391 |
| Benefit payments                                                                                               | (30,541)        | (14,456) |   |
| Benefit payments, net of retiree contributions                                                                 | 0               | 0 |   |
| Defined Benefit Plan, Curtailments                                                                             | 0               | 0 | 0 |
| Plan settlements                                                                                               | 0               | 0 |   |
| Medicare subsidy                                                                                               | 0               | 0 |   |
| Actuarial (gain) loss on retirement and benefit plans                                                          | (31,838)        | 27,835 |   |
| Balance at end of year                                                                                         | 571,511         | 406,395 | 359,727 |
| SERP Plans [Member]                                                                                            |            |   |   |
| **Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Benefit Obligation [Roll Forward]**                                          |            |   |   |
| Balance at beginning of year                                                                                   | 74,861          | 71,717 |   |
| Service cost                                                                                                   | 4,415           | 3,579 |   |
| Interest cost                                                                                                  | 3,619           | 3,366 | 3,602 |
| Benefit payments                                                                                               | (4,392)         | (2,674) |   |
| Benefit payments, net of retiree contributions                                                                 | 0               | 0 |   |
| Defined Benefit Plan, Curtailments                                                                             | 0               | 0 | 0 |
| Plan settlements                                                                                               | 0               | (6,977) |   |
| Medicare subsidy                                                                                               | 0               | 0 |   |
| Actuarial (gain) loss on retirement and benefit plans                                                          | 2,120           | 5,850 |   |
| Balance at end of year                                                                                         | 80,788          | 74,861 | 71,717 |
| Postretirement Plans [Member]                                                                                  |            |   |   |
| **Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Benefit Obligation [Roll Forward]**                                          |            |   |   |
| Balance at beginning of year                                                                                   | 16,036          | 18,247 |   |
| Service cost                                                                                                   | 83              | 0 |   |
| Interest cost                                                                                                  | 863             | 798 | 1,018 |
| Benefit payments                                                                                               | 0               | 0 |   |
| Benefit payments, net of retiree contributions                                                                 | (2,150)         | (1,959) |   |
| Defined Benefit Plan, Curtailments                                                                             | (2,172)         | 0 | 0 |
| Plan settlements                                                                                               | 0               | 0 |   |
| Medicare subsidy                                                                                               | 14              | 56 |   |
| Actuarial (gain) loss on retirement and benefit plans                                                          | (1,046)         | (1,106) |   |
| Balance at end of year                                                                                         | 16,100          | 16,036 | 18,247 |
| Warnaco Acquisition [Member] | Pension Plans [Member]                                                          |            |   |   |
| **Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]**                 |            |   |   |
| Defined Benefit Plan, Business Combinations and Acquisitions, Benefit Obligation                               | 182,379         | 0 |   |
| Warnaco Acquisition [Member] | SERP Plans [Member]                                                             |            |   |   |
| **Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]**                 |            |   |   |
| Defined Benefit Plan, Business Combinations and Acquisitions, Benefit Obligation                               | 165             | 0 |   |
| Warnaco Acquisition [Member] | Postretirement Plans [Member]                                                   |            |   |   |
| **Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]**                 |            |   |   |
| Defined Benefit Plan, Business Combinations and Acquisitions, Benefit Obligation                               | $ 4,472         | $ 0 |   |

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Defined Benefit Plan, Benefits Paid Net of Contributions by Retired Plan Participants
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Amount of gain (loss) related to change in benefit obligation resulting from changes in actuarial assumptions, for example, but not limited to, interest, mortality, employee turnover, salary, and temporary deviation from the substantive plan.
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1) For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value as of a date of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered prior to that date.  2) For other postretirement defined benefit plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered to a particular date.
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The amount of payments made for which participants are entitled under a pension plan, including pension benefits, death benefits, and benefits due on termination of employment. Also includes payments made under a postretirement benefit plan, including prescription drug benefits, health care benefits, life insurance benefits, and legal, educational and advisory services. This item represents a periodic decrease to the plan obligations and a decrease to plan assets.
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The amount of increase in the benefit obligation attributed to business combinations.
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The amount of decrease that is related to an event that significantly reduces the expected years of future service of present employees or eliminates for a significant number of employees the accrual of defined benefits for some or all of their future services.
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Amount of the period's gross receipts received from the prescription drug subsidy, which is to be used in the roll forward of the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation of an applicable postretirement benefit plan.
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The increase in a defined benefit pension plan's projected benefit obligation or a defined benefit postretirement plan's accumulated postretirement benefit obligation due to the passage of time.
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The actuarial present value of benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to services rendered by employees during the period. The portion of the expected postretirement benefit obligation attributed to employee service during the period. The service cost component is a portion of the benefit obligation and is unaffected by the funded status of the plan.
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The amount of decrease that relates to an irrevocable action that relieves the employer (or the plan) of primary responsibility for a benefit obligation and eliminates significant risks related to the obligation and the assets used to effect the settlement. Examples of transactions that constitute a settlement include (a) making lump-sum cash payments to plan participants in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and (b) purchasing nonparticipating annuity contracts.
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