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Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2017
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |  |
Licensing revenue as a percentage of total revenue, less than | 1.00% |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | $ 607,308 | $ 543,793
Wholesale |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 343,939 | 328,850
Direct-to-consumer |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 263,369 | 214,943
United States |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 362,844 | 333,184
United States | Wholesale |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 186,840 | 182,996
United States | Direct-to-consumer |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 176,004 | 150,188
LAAP |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 131,569 | 118,344
LAAP | Wholesale |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 68,187 | 69,220
LAAP | Direct-to-consumer |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 63,382 | 49,124
EMEA |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 71,775 | 55,334
EMEA | Wholesale |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 57,581 | 46,485
EMEA | Direct-to-consumer |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 14,194 | 8,849
Canada |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 41,120 | 36,931
Canada | Wholesale |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 31,331 | 30,149
Canada | Direct-to-consumer |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 9,789 | 6,782
Apparel, Accessories and Equipment |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 489,959 | 440,079
Apparel, Accessories and Equipment | United States |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 313,326 | 286,743
Apparel, Accessories and Equipment | LAAP |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 96,380 | 86,769
Apparel, Accessories and Equipment | EMEA |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 47,475 | 36,829
Apparel, Accessories and Equipment | Canada |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 32,778 | 29,738
Footwear |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 117,349 | 103,714
Footwear | United States |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 49,518 | 46,441
Footwear | LAAP |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 35,189 | 31,575
Footwear | EMEA |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | 24,300 | 18,505
Footwear | Canada |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Revenue | $ 8,342 | $ 7,193

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