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Acquisitions, Divestiture and Goodwill (Details) (Skagen Designs, USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 02, 2012 | Mar. 31, 2012 | Dec. 29, 2012 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, cash | $ 231,700,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross |  |  |  |
Common stock number of shares issued or issuable | 150,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued |  |  |  |
Common Stock Valued | 19,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestIssuedOrIssuableValueAssigned |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration liability at acquisition date | 9,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration liability at end of period |  |  | 0 fosl_ContingentConsiderationFairValueDisclosure | 0 fosl_ContingentConsiderationFairValueDisclosure |
Fair value of contingent consideration liability during the period resulting increase (decrease) operating expenses |  |  |  | 9,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1 |
Acquisition related cost |  | $ 600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | $ 8,200,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts |  | $ 600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Contingent equity consideration | Issuable | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Common stock number of shares issued or issuable | 100,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember / us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis = fosl_EquityConsiderationMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember |  |  |  |

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- Definition This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 23 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34752592&loc=d3e1043-128460 + Details
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