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Commitments and Contingencies (Details 4) | 0 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |
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Jul. 19, 2012 Judicial Ruling U.S. Gucci America, Inc. USD ($) | May 02, 2013 Pending Litigation Italy Gucci America, Inc. trademark | Jan. 31, 2015 Pending Litigation Italy Italian Customs Agency USD ($) subsidiary | Jan. 31, 2015 Pending Litigation Italy Italian Customs Agency EUR (€) | Jan. 31, 2015 Pending Litigation Italy Italian Customs Agency Minimum | Jan. 31, 2015 Pending Litigation Italy Italian Customs Agency Maximum | Nov. 08, 2013 Pending Litigation China Gucci America, Inc. USD ($) | Jan. 30, 2015 Pending Litigation France Gucci America, Inc. trademark
Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages sought in litigation case | $ 26,000,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_JudicialRulingMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US |  | $ 10,100,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_ItalianCustomsAgencyMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT | € 9,000,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_ItalianCustomsAgencyMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |  |
Accounting profits sought by plaintiff as compensation | 99,000,000 ges_LossContingencyAccountingProfitsSoughtValue / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_JudicialRulingMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Monetary damages awarded by court | 2,300,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_JudicialRulingMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US |  |  |  |  |  | 80,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CN |
Monetary damages awarded by court to be paid by the Company's licensees | $ 2,300,000 ges_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValueToLicensees / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_JudicialRulingMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Italian trademark registrations to be cancelled by plaintiff |  | 3 ges_NumberOfItalianTrademarkRegistrationsToBeCancelledByPlaintiff / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of European Community trademark registrations to be cancelled by plaintiff |  | 4 ges_NumberOfEuropeanCommunityTrademarkRegistrationsToBeCancelledByPlaintiff / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |  |  |  | 2 ges_NumberOfEuropeanCommunityTrademarkRegistrationsToBeCancelledByPlaintiff / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_FR
Number of international trademark registrations to be cancelled by plaintiff |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 ges_NumberOfInternationalTrademarkRegistrationsToBeCancelledByPlaintiff / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_GucciCaseMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_FR
Number of subsidiaries under audit by the Italian Customs Agency |  |  | 1 ges_NumberofSubsidiariesUnderAudit / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_ItalianCustomsAgencyMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT | 1 ges_NumberofSubsidiariesUnderAudit / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = ges_ItalianCustomsAgencyMember / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IT |  |  |  |
Period under audit by the Italian Customs Agency |  |  |  |  | Jul. 01, 2010 | Jun. 30, 2012 |  |

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