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DEBT (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended															9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012 Credit Agreement	Apr. 02, 2012 Credit Agreement	Apr. 02, 2012 Revolver	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver	Dec. 17, 2010 Revolver	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Maximum	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Minimum	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Base rate	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Base rate Minimum	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Base rate Consolidated leverage ratio (the Ratio) less than 1.00 to 1.00	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Base rate Consolidated leverage ratio (the Ratio) greater than 2.00 to 1.00	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Prime rate	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver Federal funds rate	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver LIBOR (base rate)	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver LIBOR rate	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver LIBOR rate Minimum	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver LIBOR rate Consolidated leverage ratio (the Ratio) less than 1.00 to 1.00	Sep. 29, 2012 Revolver LIBOR rate Consolidated leverage ratio (the Ratio) greater than 2.00 to 1.00	Sep. 29, 2012 Swingline loan	Dec. 17, 2010 Swingline loan	Sep. 29, 2012 Swingline loan Minimum	Apr. 30, 2012 Agreement Fossil Korea	Sep. 29, 2012 Agreement Fossil Korea	Sep. 29, 2012 Agreement Fossil Korea	Apr. 06, 2011 Agreement Fossil Korea
Debt Instrument
Debt term																							1 year
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 350,000,000				$ 300,000,000															$ 20,000,000					$ 20,000,000
Uncommitted incremental revolving credit commitment			50,000,000
Description of base rate													Prime rate	Federal funds rate	LIBOR	LIBOR
Basis spread on base rate (as a percent)														1.50%	1.50%
Basis spread on base rate for a one month period (as a percent)																										1.20%
Basis spread on base rate for a three month period (as a percent)																										1.30%
Base rate at end of period (as a percent)													3.25%		0.22%											3.13%
Applicable margin based on the Company's consolidated leverage ratio (as a percent)											0.25%	1.00%						1.25%	2.00%
Consolidated leverage ratio used to calculate variable rate of debt (as a percent)											100.00%	200.00%
LIBOR Rate, amount used to calculate quotient (as a percent)																100.00%
Commitment fee (as a percent)							0.35%	0.20%
Minimum principal amounts								3,000,000		2,000,000							5,000,000					100,000
Debt instrument increments in excess of minimum principal amount					1,000,000				1,000,000							1,000,000				100,000
Amount outstanding				169,000,000	169,000,000																			4,500,000	4,500,000
Remaining borrowing capacity				180,100,000	180,100,000																			15,500,000	15,500,000
Interest rate at end of period (as a percent)																								4.33%	4.33%
Interest expense				780,000	1,400,000																			58,000	231,000
Base amount used to calculate minimum consolidated tangible net worth requirement	600,000,000
Percentage of positive consolidated net income added to specified base amount to calculate minimum consolidated tangible net worth requirement	25.00%
Consecutive period that the entity must maintain consolidated net income that is not negative	6 months
Maximum acquisitions, year 1, debt covenant	200,000,000
Maximum acquisitions, thereafter, debt covenant	$ 150,000,000
Line of Credit Facility Renewal Period																							1 year

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Represents the applicable margin added to the variable rate of the debt instrument which varies based upon the Company's consolidated leverage ratio (the "Ratio").

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Represents the base amount used in the calculation of the required consolidated tangible net worth under the terms of the debt covenants.

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Represents the consecutive period in which the Company is required to maintain consolidated net income that is not negative under the terms of the debt covenants.

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Represents the amount used to calculate the quotient which is used in the calculation of the LIBOR rate. This amount is subtracted from the Eurodollar reserve percentage.

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Represents the term of the debt instrument.

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Represents the variable interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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