VF Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Intangible Assets (Details)

Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 01, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets, net carrying amount	$ 236,157	$ 235,900
Indefinite-lived intangible assets: Trademarks and trade names	1,700,365	1,561,371
Intangible assets, net	$ 1,936,522	1,797,271	$ 1,925,955
Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets, weighted average amortization period (in years)	20 years
Amortizable intangible assets, cost	$ 265,725
Amortizable intangible assets, accumulated amortization	134,246
Amortizable intangible assets, net carrying amount	$ 131,479	128,422
License agreements
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets, weighted average amortization period (in years)	28 years
Amortizable intangible assets, cost	$ 109,370
Amortizable intangible assets, accumulated amortization	62,278
Amortizable intangible assets, net carrying amount	$ 47,092	49,682
Trademark
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets, weighted average amortization period (in years)	16 years
Amortizable intangible assets, cost	$ 58,132
Amortizable intangible assets, accumulated amortization	6,358
Amortizable intangible assets, net carrying amount	$ 51,774	54,499
Other
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets, weighted average amortization period (in years)	9 years
Amortizable intangible assets, cost	$ 9,658
Amortizable intangible assets, accumulated amortization	3,846
Amortizable intangible assets, net carrying amount	$ 5,812	$ 3,297