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DEBT Schedule of Mandatory Long-Term Debt Repayments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended
	May 05, 2013	Feb. 03, 2013	Apr. 29, 2012	Feb. 03, 2013	May 05, 2013 7 3/4% debentures [Member]	May 05, 2013 Senior notes [Member]	May 05, 2013 Senior notes [Member] 7 3/8% senior notes [Member]	May 05, 2013 United States dollar-denominated	Apr. 29, 2012 United States dollar-denominated	Feb. 13, 2013 United States dollar-denominated Term loan A facility Warnaco [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 United States dollar-denominated Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 United States dollar-denominated Senior notes [Member] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Euro-denominated	Apr. 29, 2012 Euro-denominated	May 05, 2013 Year 1 [Member] Term loan A facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 1 [Member] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 2 [Domain] Term loan A facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 2 [Domain] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 3 [Member] Term loan A facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 3 [Member] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 4 [Member] Term loan A facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 4 [Member] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 5 [Member] Term loan A facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 5 [Member] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 6 [Member] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]	May 05, 2013 Year 7 [Member] Term loan B facility Warnaco [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		$ 700,000		$ 700,000						$ 1,700,000	$ 1,375,000	$ 1,375,000
Percentage repayment of long term debt															5.00%	1.00%	5.00%	1.00%	7.50%	1.00%	10.00%	1.00%	72.50%	1.00%	1.00%	94.00%
Total debt percentage bearing fixed interest rates	40.00%
Senior secured term loan A facility due 2018	1,693,088		0			1,700,000
Senior secured term loan B facility due 2020	1,368,353		0
4 1/2% senior notes	700,000		0
7 3/8% senior notes	600,000		600,000
7 3/4% debentures	99,647		99,626
Senior secured term loan A facility due 2016								0	608,000				0	109,035
Senior secured term loan B facility due 2016								0	396,000				0	61,678
Total	4,461,088		1,874,339
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	98,750	88,000	79,477	88,000
Long-Term Debt	4,362,338	2,211,642	1,794,862	2,211,642
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.50%				7.75%		7.375%
Maturities of Long-term Debt [Abstract]
Repayment of credit facilities	$ 900,000		$ 30,292