STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Stock Option Activity (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 13, 2013	May. 05, 2013	Jan. 31, 2016	Feb. 01, 2015	Feb. 02, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reduction in Number of Shares to be Granted by Each Option Award			1
Warnaco employee replacement stock awards					$ 39,800,000
Stock-based compensation expense			$ 42,000,000	$ 48,700,000	58,000,000
Recognized income tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation expense			$ 10,700,000	$ 12,700,000	17,000,000
Equity Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)			4 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period			10 years
Beginning vesting term			one year after date of grant
Unrecognized pre-tax compensation expense			$ 11,500,000
Options, non-vested, unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition (in years)			1 year 7 months 6 days
Service-based stock option activity [Roll Forward]
Service-based stock options, outstanding, beginning of period			1,472,000
Service-based stock options, granted			175,000
Service-based stock options, exercised			162,000
Service-based stock options, cancelled			42,000
Service-based stock options, outstanding, end of period			1,443,000	1,472,000
Service-based stock options, exercisable			1,066,000
Service-based stock options, outstanding, weighted average price per option, beginning of period			$ 64.14
Service-based stock options, granted, weighted average price per option			107.18
Service-based stock options, exercised, weighted average price per option			45.60
Service-based stock options, cancelled, weighted average price per option			86.53
Service-based stock options, outstanding, weighted average price per option, end of period			70.79	$ 64.14
Service-based stock options, exercisable, weighted average price per option			$ 56.40
Service-based stock options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual life (in years), end of period			5 years 3 months 18 days	5 years 6 months
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, exercisable, weighted average remaining contractual term			4 years 2 months 12 days
Service-based stock options, outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value, beginning of period			$ 70,737,000
Service-based stock options, outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value, end of period			26,643,000	$ 70,737,000
Service-based stock options, exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value			26,643,000
Options, additional disclosures:
Service-based stock options, granted, aggregate grant date fair value			7,000,000	7,900,000	9,400,000
Service-based stock options, vested, aggregate grant date fair value			7,200,000	9,800,000	18,400,000
Service-based stock options, exercised, total intrinsic value of options			$ 8,400,000	$ 15,600,000	$ 70,800,000
Black-Scholes-Merton Model [Member]
Assumptions used to estimate fair value of service-based stock options [Abstract]
Weighted average risk-free interest rate			1.54%	2.15%	1.05%
Expected term			6 years 3 months	6 years 3 months	6 years 2 months 19 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate			36.26%	44.12%	45.20%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Payments			$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value			$ 40.20	$ 56.21	$ 51.51
Warnaco Acquisition [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Warnaco employee replacement stock awards	$ 39,800,000	$ 39,800,000
Warnaco Acquisition [Member] | Equity Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)			3 years
Beginning vesting term			one year after date of grant
Options, additional disclosures:
Fair Value Warnaco Employee Service Based Options					$ 18,000,000
Warnaco Acquisition [Member] | Black-Scholes-Merton Model [Member]
Assumptions used to estimate fair value of service-based stock options [Abstract]
Weighted average risk-free interest rate	0.24%
Expected term	1 year 8 months 12 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate	29.40%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Payments	$ 0.15
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 40.60