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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015 | Mar. 29, 2014 | Mar. 30, 2013
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Match | 50.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch |  |
Maximum amount of employee contributions eligible for the Company's discretionary match | 6.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent |  |
Required service period for participants to become fully vested | 5 years |  |
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Discretionary Contribution Amount | $ 11 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount | $ 10 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount | $ 10 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
Defined benefit plans, net assets (liabilities) | (8)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAmountsRecognizedInBalanceSheet | 1 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAmountsRecognizedInBalanceSheet |
Aggregate projected benefit obligations | 60 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligation | 51 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligation |
Aggregate fair value of plan assets | 52 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFairValueOfPlanAssets | 52 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFairValueOfPlanAssets |
Pension expense | 5 us-gaap_PensionExpense | 5 us-gaap_PensionExpense | 4 us-gaap_PensionExpense
Stretch performance [Member] |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Match | 75.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch / rl_DefinedContributionPlanPerformanceTargetAxis = rl_StretchperformanceMember |  |
Maximum Performance [Member] |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Match | 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch / rl_DefinedContributionPlanPerformanceTargetAxis = rl_MaximumPerformanceMember |  |
Non Qualified Supplemental Retirement Plan [Member] |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts accrued under compensation plan | 9 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualRecordedLiability / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember | 9 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualRecordedLiability / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, by Type of Compensation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Member] |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts accrued under compensation plan | $ 0 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualRecordedLiability / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualByTypeOfCompensationPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitsMember | $ 20 us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualRecordedLiability / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualByTypeOfCompensationPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitsMember |

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- Definition Defined Contribution Plan, Required Service Period for Vesting + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The carrying amount of the liability as of the balance sheet date to an individual under a deferred compensation arrangement. This amount may be the result of periodic accruals made over the period of active employment, or reflect termination benefits resulting contractual terms or a death benefit. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 710 -SubTopic 10 -Section 30 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6409875&loc=d3e20015-108363 + Details
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- Definition The aggregate net amount recognized in the balance sheet associated with the defined benefit plan(s). Will normally be the same as the Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan, Total. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21915240&loc=d3e1703-114919 + Details
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- Definition 1) For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value as of a date of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered prior to that date. 2) For other postretirement defined benefit plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered to a particular date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Projected Benefit Obligation -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522206 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6503904 + Details
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- Definition Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 30 -Section 35 -Paragraph 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49178875&loc=d3e12355-114930 + Details
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- Definition Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The amount of pension benefit costs recognized during the period for (1) defined benefit plans and (2) defined contribution plans. For defined benefit plans, pension expense includes the following components: service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss) on plan assets, prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) due to settlements or curtailments. For defined contribution plans, the pension expense generally equals the firm's contribution to employees' accounts (if the firm contributes) during the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -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 715 -SubTopic 70 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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