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| **Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]**     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS     | NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONSDuring the thirteen weeks endedMay 5, 2013 and April 29, 2012, the Company recorded increases to goodwill of $12,766 and $12,563, respectively, related to liabilities incurred for contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein. Such amounts are not due or paid in cash until 45 days subsequent to the Company’s applicable quarter end. As such, during the thirteen weeks endedMay 5, 2013 and April 29, 2012, the Company paid $14,200 and $13,535, respectively, in cash related to contingent purchase price payments to Mr. Calvin Klein that were recorded as additions to goodwill during the periods the liabilities were incurred.During the first quarter of 2013, the Company issued 7,674 shares of its common stock, par value $1.00 per share (of which 416 shares were issued from treasury stock), as part of the consideration paid to the former stockholders of Warnaco in connection with the acquisition, which resulted in an increase in common stock of $7,258, an increase in additional paid in capital of $888,925 and a decrease in treasury stock of $30,269. In addition, the Company issued awards valued at $39,752 to replace outstanding stock awards made by Warnaco to its employees, which for accounting purposes are included in the total acquisition consideration. Also included in the acquisition consideration was the elimination of a $9,128 pre-acquisition liability to Warnaco.During the first quarter of 2013, the Company recorded a loss of $5,757 to write-off previously capitalized debt issuance costs in connection with the modification and extinguishment of its previously outstanding senior secured credit facilities.During the first quarter of 2012, one of the holders of the Company’s Series A convertible preferred stock converted an aggregate of 4 shares into 2,095 shares of the Company’s common stock, resulting in a decrease in Series A convertible preferred stock of $94,297, an increase in common stock of $2,095, and an increase in additional paid in capital of $92,202. The remaining shares of Series A convertible preferred stock were converted into the Company’s common stock during the fourth quarter of 2012. Please see Note 14, “Stockholders’ Equity.” |

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