Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2017	Jul. 29, 2017
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jul. 01, 2017
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Trading Symbol	VFC
Entity Registrant Name	V F CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000103379
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-30
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		393,621,349