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Income Taxes - Additional information (Details)

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Income Taxes - Additional information (Details)
€ in Millions, $ in Millions
9 Months Ended
Jan. 13, 2017
USD ($)
Jan. 13, 2017
EUR (€)
Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
Oct. 01, 2016
USD ($)
Jan. 10, 2017
EUR (€)
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]          
Effective income tax rate     18.40% 17.90%  
Net discrete tax benefits     $ 14.4 $ 40.3  
Tax benefit related to the early adoption     12.5    
Realization of unrecognized net tax benefit (expense)     4.1 15.6  
Change in enacted tax rate     $ 1.9 4.1  
Tax benefit related to stock compensation       $ 26.3  
Tax reduction due to discrete items     1.60% 3.80%  
Change in effective income tax rate without discrete items     1.70%    
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest     $ 2.6    
Net unrecognized tax benefits and interest, if recognized, would reduce the annual effective tax rate     153.1    
Possible decrease in unrecognized income tax benefits     19.1    
Reduction in income tax expenses     $ 16.9    
VF Europe BVBA | Domestic Tax Authority | Administration of the Treasury, Belgium          
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]          
Tax and interest from settlement | €         € 31.9
Tax remitted $ 33.9 € 31.9