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Debt (Details Textual 1) |  |  |  | 9 Months Ended |  | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 27, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 29, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2014 Commercial Paper [Member] USD ($) Rate | Dec. 27, 2014 Global Credit Facility [Member] USD ($) Quarter | Dec. 27, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2014 Chinese Credit Facility [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2014 Chinese Credit Facility [Member] CNY | Dec. 27, 2014 Malaysia Credit Facility [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2014 Malaysia Credit Facility [Member] MYR | Dec. 27, 2014 South Korea Credit Facility [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2014 South Korea Credit Facility [Member] KRW | Dec. 27, 2014 Taiwan Credit Facility [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2014 Taiwan Credit Facility [Member] TWD | Dec. 27, 2014 Pan-Asia Credit Facilities [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2014 Maximum [Member] Commercial Paper [Member] | Dec. 27, 2014 Weighted Average [Member] Commercial Paper [Member]
Credit Facilities (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  |  | $ 300,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember | $ 750,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember | $ 100,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticLineOfCreditMember | $ 16,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_ChineseCreditFacilityMember | 100,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_ChineseCreditFacilityMember | $ 5,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_MalaysiaCreditFacilityMember | 16,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_MalaysiaCreditFacilityMember | $ 10,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_SouthKoreaCreditFacilityMember | 11,000,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_SouthKoreaCreditFacilityMember | $ 2,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_TaiwanCreditFacilityMember | 59,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_TaiwanCreditFacilityMember |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 397 days | 27 days
Commercial Paper | 113,000,000 us-gaap_CommercialPaper | 0 us-gaap_CommercialPaper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate |  |  | 0.32%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Borrowing capacity under unsecured revolving line of credit |  |  |  | 500,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, expiration date |  |  |  | Mar. 01, 2016 | Aug. 19, 2015 | Apr. 08, 2015 | Apr. 08, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 15, 2015 | Oct. 15, 2015 |  |  |
Borrowings outstanding under revolving credit facilities |  |  |  | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticLineOfCreditMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_PanAsiaCreditFacilitiesMember |  |
Line of credit facility, contingent liability for outstanding LOCs |  |  |  | 7,000,000 us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount / 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. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum ratio of adjusted debt to consolidated EBITDAR as of date of measurement for four consecutive quarters |  |  |  | 3.75 rl_MaximumRatioOfAdjustedDebtToConsolidatedEbitdarAsOfDateOfMeasurementForFourConsecutiveQuarters / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period used to calculate the leverage ratio |  |  |  | 4 rl_LeverageRatioNumberOfConsecutiveFiscalQuartersUsed / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Leverage Ratio Rent Expense Multiplier |  |  |  | 8 rl_LeverageRatioRentExpenseMultiplier / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_GlobalCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank guarantees |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000 rl_Bankguarantees / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_ChineseCreditFacilityMember | 12,000,000 rl_Bankguarantees / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = rl_ChineseCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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