Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail)

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Feb. 10, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items]    
Options granted in period 2,825,207us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod  
Restricted stock units granted in period 151,100us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod  
Nonperformance-Based Restricted Stock Units    
Subsequent Event [Line Items]    
Restricted stock units granted in period 29,595us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember 		 
Subsequent Event | Board of Directors    
Subsequent Event [Line Items]    
Options granted in period   2,340,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= vfc_BoardOfDirectorsMember
Subsequent Event | Board of Directors | Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units    
Subsequent Event [Line Items]    
Restricted stock units granted in period   440,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_PerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= vfc_BoardOfDirectorsMember
Subsequent Event | Board of Directors | Nonperformance-Based Restricted Stock Units    
Subsequent Event [Line Items]    
Restricted stock units granted in period   37,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= vfc_NonPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= vfc_BoardOfDirectorsMember
Subsequent Event | Board of Directors | Restricted Stock    
Subsequent Event [Line Items]    
Restricted stock units granted in period   105,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= vfc_BoardOfDirectorsMember
Subsequent Event | Dividend Declared    
Subsequent Event [Line Items]    
Cash dividend   0.32us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
/ us-gaap_DividendsAxis
= us-gaap_DividendDeclaredMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Dividends payable date   Mar. 20, 2015
Dividends record date   Mar. 10, 2015