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Acquisitions, Divestiture and Goodwill (Details 4) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Changes in carrying amount of goodwill
Beginning Balance	$ 206,954us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 184,793us-gaap_Goodwill
Foreign currency changes	(9,226)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	2,630us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
Acquisitions		19,531us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Ending Balance	197,728us-gaap_Goodwill	206,954us-gaap_Goodwill
Americas
Changes in carrying amount of goodwill
Beginning Balance	119,655us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AmericasSegmentMember	110,778us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AmericasSegmentMember
Foreign currency changes	(217)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AmericasSegmentMember	(13)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AmericasSegmentMember
Acquisitions		8,890us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AmericasSegmentMember
Ending Balance	119,438us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AmericasSegmentMember	119,655us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AmericasSegmentMember
Europe
Changes in carrying amount of goodwill
Beginning Balance	75,367us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_EuropeSegmentMember	62,034us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_EuropeSegmentMember
Foreign currency changes	(8,934)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_EuropeSegmentMember	2,692us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_EuropeSegmentMember
Acquisitions		10,641us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_EuropeSegmentMember
Ending Balance	66,433us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_EuropeSegmentMember	75,367us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_EuropeSegmentMember
Asia
Changes in carrying amount of goodwill
Beginning Balance	11,932us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AsiaSegmentMember	11,981us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AsiaSegmentMember
Foreign currency changes	(75)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AsiaSegmentMember	(49)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AsiaSegmentMember
Acquisitions		0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AsiaSegmentMember
Ending Balance	$ 11,857us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AsiaSegmentMember	$ 11,932us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fosl_AsiaSegmentMember

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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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