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Acquisitions, Divestiture and Goodwill (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012	Apr. 02, 2012
Allocation of purchase price:
Goodwill	197,728,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 197,728,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 206,954,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 184,793,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Minimum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	3 years
Maximum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	20 years
Customer lists | Minimum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	5 years
Customer lists | Maximum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	10 years
Patents | Minimum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	3 years
Patents | Maximum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	20 years
Noncompete agreement
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	6 years
Skagen Designs
Allocation of purchase price:
Goodwill					140,400,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes	133,800,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember	133,800,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember
Purchase price adjustment		$ 6,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentConsiderationTransferred / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember
Skagen Designs | Customer lists | Minimum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	3 years
Skagen Designs | Customer lists | Maximum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	9 years
Skagen Designs | Patents | Minimum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	3 years
Skagen Designs | Patents | Maximum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	9 years
Skagen Designs | Noncompete agreement | Minimum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	3 years
Skagen Designs | Noncompete agreement | Maximum
Allocation of purchase price:
Amortization period	9 years

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- Definition

The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 30

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This element represents the amount of any measurement period adjustment (as defined) realized during the reporting period to items of consideration transferred in connection with a business combination for which the initial accounting was incomplete.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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