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Impairments of Assets (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015 | Mar. 29, 2014 | Mar. 30, 2013
Impaired Assets to be Disposed of by Method Other than Sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Non-cash impairments of assets | $ 7 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 1 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 19 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Rugby Restructuring [Member] |  |  |
Impaired Assets to be Disposed of by Method Other than Sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Non-cash impairments of assets |  |  | 11 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges / us-gaap_RestructuringPlanAxis = rl_RugbyRestructuringMember
Number of Rugby stores closed |  |  | 14 rl_RestructuringAndRelatedCostNumberOfStoresClosed / us-gaap_RestructuringPlanAxis = rl_RugbyRestructuringMember
Europe [Member] |  |  |
Impaired Assets to be Disposed of by Method Other than Sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Non-cash impairments of assets |  |  | $ 8 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges / us-gaap_RestructuringPlanAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember

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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3602-108585 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824106&loc=d3e2420-110228 + Details
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