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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 1) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Gross	$ 505us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	$ 524us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Accumulated Amortization	(245)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	(232)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Net	260us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	292us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract]
Gross Carrying Amount	512us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill	531us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill
Intangible assets, net	267us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	299us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract]
Intangible assets not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill	7us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	7us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
Reacquired Licensed Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Gross	230us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = rl_ReacquiredLicensedTrademarksMember	234us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = rl_ReacquiredLicensedTrademarksMember
Accumulated Amortization	(112)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = rl_ReacquiredLicensedTrademarksMember	(109)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = rl_ReacquiredLicensedTrademarksMember
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Net	118us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = rl_ReacquiredLicensedTrademarksMember	125us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = rl_ReacquiredLicensedTrademarksMember
Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Gross	247us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember	261us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Accumulated Amortization	(120)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember	(112)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Net	127us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember	149us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets subject to amortization, Gross	28us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember	29us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, Net	$ 15us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember	$ 18us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember

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