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Long - Term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 03, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2013
5.95% Notes, Due 2017 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Notes, stated percentage | 5.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_FivePointNineFivePercentNotesDueTwoThousandSeventeenMember | 5.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_FivePointNineFivePercentNotesDueTwoThousandSeventeenMember
Maturity date, notes | 2017 | 2017
3.5% notes, due 2021 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Notes, stated percentage | 3.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_ThreePointFivePercentNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember | 3.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_ThreePointFivePercentNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
Maturity date, notes | 2021 | 2021
6.00% notes, due 2033 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Notes, stated percentage | 6.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_SixPointZeroPercentNotesDueTwoThousandThirtyThreeMember | 6.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_SixPointZeroPercentNotesDueTwoThousandThirtyThreeMember
Maturity date, notes | 2033 | 2033
6.45% Notes, Due 2037 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Notes, stated percentage | 6.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_SixPointFourFivePercentNotesDueTwoThousandThirtySevenMember | 6.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = vfc_SixPointFourFivePercentNotesDueTwoThousandThirtySevenMember
Maturity date, notes | 2037 | 2037

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