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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2014 Customer	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 27, 2014 Customer	Dec. 28, 2013	Mar. 29, 2014
Schedule of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount			1.9us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	1.2us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Shipping costs	$ 13rl_ShippingCosts	$ 11rl_ShippingCosts	$ 32rl_ShippingCosts	$ 28rl_ShippingCosts
Handling costs	$ 49rl_HandlingCosts	$ 48rl_HandlingCosts	$ 136rl_HandlingCosts	$ 139rl_HandlingCosts
Number Of Key Department Store Customers	3rl_NumberOfKeyDepartmentStoreCustomers		3rl_NumberOfKeyDepartmentStoreCustomers
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]
Schedule of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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Accounts Receivable [Member]
Schedule of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Contribution of Key Wholesale Customers			35.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]
Schedule of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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