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Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Mar. 28, 2015 | Mar. 29, 2014
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Notional Amounts of Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  |  |
Notional amount of hedges | $ 1,169 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount |  | $ 979 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value | 87 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset |  | 8 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset |
Derivative Liabilities |  |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments(b) | 19 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability |  | 7 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability |
FC- Inventory purchases [Member] | Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value |  |  | 1 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember |
FC- Inventory purchases [Member] | Other Non-Current Assets [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value |  |  | 1 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember |
Designated [Member] |  |  |  |
Notional Amounts of Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  |  |
Notional amount of hedges | 705 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember |  | 699 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value | 54 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember |  | 2 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember |
Derivative Liabilities |  |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments(b) | 10 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember |  | 7 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember |
Designated [Member] | FC- Inventory purchases [Member] |  |  |  |
Notional Amounts of Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  |  |
Notional amount of hedges | 587 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1] | 476 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1]
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge Asset at Fair Value |  |  | 2 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeAssetAtFairValue / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[2]
Designated [Member] | FC- Inventory purchases [Member] | Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge Asset at Fair Value | 49 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeAssetAtFairValue / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[3] |  |
Designated [Member] | FC- Inventory purchases [Member] | Accrued expenses and other [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Liabilities |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge Liability at Fair Value | 9 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeLiabilityAtFairValue / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = rl_AccruedExpensesAndOtherMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[3] | 5 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeLiabilityAtFairValue / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = rl_AccruedExpensesAndOtherMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractInventoryPurchasesMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[3]
Designated [Member] | FC-Other [Member] |  |  |  |
Notional Amounts of Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  |  |
Notional amount of hedges | 118 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractOtherMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[4] | 223 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractOtherMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[4]
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge Asset at Fair Value |  |  | 0 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeAssetAtFairValue / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractOtherMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[4]
Designated [Member] | FC-Other [Member] | Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge Asset at Fair Value | 5 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeAssetAtFairValue / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractOtherMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[3],[4] |  |
Designated [Member] | FC-Other [Member] | Accrued expenses and other [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Liabilities |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge Liability at Fair Value | 1 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeLiabilityAtFairValue / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = rl_AccruedExpensesAndOtherMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractOtherMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[3],[4] | 2 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeLiabilityAtFairValue / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = rl_AccruedExpensesAndOtherMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = rl_ForwardExchangeContractOtherMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember | [1],[3],[4]
Undesignated [Member] |  |  |  |
Notional Amounts of Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  |  |
Notional amount of hedges | 464 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember | [1],[5] | 280 invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember | [1],[5]
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value | 33 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember | [1],[5],[6] | 6 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember | [1],[5],[7]
Derivative Liabilities |  |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments(b) | 9 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember | [1],[5],[8] | 0 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember | [1],[5]
Undesignated [Member] | Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value | 11 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember |  | 2 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember |
Undesignated [Member] | Other Non-Current Assets [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value | 22 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember |  | 4 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember |
Undesignated [Member] | Accrued expenses and other [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value | 8 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = rl_AccruedExpensesAndOtherMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember |  |  |
Undesignated [Member] | Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Assets |  |  |  |
Derivative assets, fair value | $ 1 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentLiabilitiesMember / us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis = us-gaap_NondesignatedMember |  |  |
[1] | FC = Forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
[2] | $1 million included within prepaid expenses and other current assets and $1 million included within other non-current assets.
[3] | PP = Prepaid expenses and other current assets; AE = Accrued expenses and other current liabilities.
[4] | Primarily includes designated hedges of foreign currency-denominated intercompany royalty payments, marketing contributions, and other operational exposures.
[5] | Primarily includes undesignated hedges of foreign currency-denominated intercompany loans.
[6] | $11 million included within prepaid expenses and other current assets and $22 million included within other non-current assets.
[7] | $2 million included within prepaid expenses and other current assets and $4 million included within other non-current assets.
[8] | $8 million included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities and $1 million included within other non-current liabilities.

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