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Debt (Details Textual 1)				12 Months Ended											12 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 Commercial Paper [Member] USD ($) Rate	Mar. 28, 2015 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 Global Credit Facility [Member] USD ($) Quarter	Mar. 28, 2015 Chinese Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 Chinese Credit Facility [Member] CNY	Mar. 28, 2015 Malaysia Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 Malaysia Credit Facility [Member] MYR	Mar. 28, 2015 South Korea Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 South Korea Credit Facility [Member] KRW	Mar. 28, 2015 Taiwan Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 Taiwan Credit Facility [Member] TWD	Mar. 28, 2015 Pan-Asia Credit Facilities [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 Weighted Average Overnight Federal Funds Rate [Member] Global Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 28, 2015 London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] Global Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 28, 2015 Adjusted LIBOR [Member] Global Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 28, 2015 Maximum [Member] Commercial Paper [Member]	Mar. 28, 2015 Weighted Average [Member] Commercial Paper [Member]	Mar. 28, 2015 Senior Notes [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2014 Senior Notes [Member] USD ($)
Credit Facilities (Textual) [Abstract]
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Line of credit facility, expiration date				Aug. 19, 2015	Feb. 11, 2020	Apr. 07, 2016	Apr. 07, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 15, 2015	Oct. 15, 2015
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Line of credit facility, contingent liability for outstanding LOCs	9,000,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount				8,000,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember
Percentage of variable rate															0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = rl_WeightedAverageOvernightFederalFundsRateMember	1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember	0.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = rl_AdjustedLondonInterbankOfferedRateMember
Commitment fee, percentage					0.07%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember
Credit facility covenant terms					The Global Credit Facility contains a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict the Company's ability, subject to specified exceptions, to incur additional debt; incur liens; sell or dispose of assets; merge with or acquire other companies; liquidate or dissolve itself; engage in businesses that are not in a related line of business; make loans, advances, or guarantees; engage in transactions with affiliates; and make certain investments. The Global Credit Facility also requires the Company to maintain a maximum ratio of Adjusted Debt to Consolidated EBITDAR (the "leverage ratio") of no greater than 3.75 as of the date of measurement for the four most recent consecutive fiscal quarters. Adjusted Debt is defined generally as consolidated debt outstanding plus eight times consolidated rent expense for the last four consecutive fiscal quarters. Consolidated EBITDAR is defined generally as consolidated net income plus (i) income tax expense, (ii) net interest expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, and (iv) consolidated rent expense.
Maximum ratio of adjusted debt to consolidated EBITDAR as of date of measurement for four consecutive quarters					3.75rl_MaximumRatioOfAdjustedDebtToConsolidatedEbitdarAsOfDateOfMeasurementForFourConsecutiveQuarters / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember
Period used to calculate the leverage ratio					4rl_LeverageRatioNumberOfConsecutiveFiscalQuartersUsed / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember
Multiplier used for consolidated rent expense					8rl_LeverageRatioRentExpenseMultiplier / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember
Credit Facility covenant compliance					no Event of Default (as such term is defined pursuant to the Global Credit Facility) has occurred under the Company's Global Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			300,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember	100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticLineOfCreditMember	750,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember	16,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_ChineseCreditFacilityMember	100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_ChineseCreditFacilityMember	4,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_MalaysiaCreditFacilityMember	16,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_MalaysiaCreditFacilityMember	10,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_SouthKoreaCreditFacilityMember	11,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_SouthKoreaCreditFacilityMember	2,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_TaiwanCreditFacilityMember	59,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_TaiwanCreditFacilityMember
Debt Instrument, Term																		397 days	11 days
Commercial Paper	234,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper	0us-gaap_CommercialPaper
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate			0.27%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs																				$ 2,000,000us-gaap_UnamortizedDebtIssuanceExpense / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember	$ 2,000,000us-gaap_UnamortizedDebtIssuanceExpense / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings using unsecured obligations issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to investors. The maturities of these money market securities generally do not exceed 270 days.

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