Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail)

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Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock-based compensation $ 49.7us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized    
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock-based compensation, period of recognition (years) 1 year    
Shares available for future grant 26,218,230us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant    
Share based compensation vesting period 3 years    
Award expiration period from grant date 10 years    
Total fair value of stock option vested 22.6us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedInPeriodFairValue1 23.4us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedInPeriodFairValue1 20.4us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedInPeriodFairValue1
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised 143.7us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 127.3us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 112.9us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
Grant date fair value of each restricted units granted $ 60.14us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue    
Share earned in period 272,482us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod    
Market value of shares vested 20.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue 9.7us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue 2.5us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
Fair value of restricted stock 52.0us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueNonvested    
Non employee Members of Board of Directors      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock options granted period of time options become exercisable 1 year    
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Share based compensation vesting period 3 years    
Award expiration period from grant date 3 years    
Baseline profitability goal period 3 years    
Percentage of targets award adjusted to actual number of shares earned 25.00%vfc_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsPercentageAdjustmentsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Grant date fair value of each restricted units granted $ 56.86us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
$ 40.64us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
$ 36.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Performance period, years 3 years    
Total market value of awards outstanding 143.1vfc_RestrictedStockUnitsOutstandingValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Share earned in period 1,290,354us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
1,457,159us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
2,160,868us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Market value of shares vested 88.4us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
85.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
82.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units | Minimum      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Number of shares of common stock to be issued for each restricted stock unit granted 0vfc_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementNumberOfSharesOfCommonStockThatCanBeIssuedForEachRestrictedStockUnitGranted
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
   
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units | Maximum      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Number of shares of common stock to be issued for each restricted stock unit granted 2vfc_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementNumberOfSharesOfCommonStockThatCanBeIssuedForEachRestrictedStockUnitGranted
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
   
TSR Adjustment Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Grant date fair value of each restricted units granted $ 1.41us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_ShareholderReturnPerformanceStockAwardsMember
$ 3.16us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_ShareholderReturnPerformanceStockAwardsMember
$ 3.02us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_ShareholderReturnPerformanceStockAwardsMember
Nonperformance-Based Restricted Stock Units      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Share based compensation vesting period 4 years    
Grant date fair value of each restricted units granted $ 58.00us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember
$ 39.21us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember
$ 35.52us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember
Total market value of awards outstanding $ 28.5vfc_RestrictedStockUnitsOutstandingValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember
   
Share earned in period 12,595us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember
   
Nonperformance-Based Restricted Stock Units | Non employee Members of Board of Directors      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Award expiration period from grant date 1 year    
Number of shares of common stock to be issued for each restricted stock unit granted 1vfc_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementNumberOfSharesOfCommonStockThatCanBeIssuedForEachRestrictedStockUnitGranted
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= vfc_NonEmployeeBoardOfDirectorsMember
   
Restricted Stock      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Share based compensation vesting period 4 years