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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015	Mar. 25, 2008	Mar. 26, 2008
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements	$ 22,700,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
Weighted-average period over which unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized	1 year 6 months
Nonemployee director | Restricted stock units
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Vesting period	1 year
Value of awards granted	$ 120,000fosl_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsTotalValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = fosl_NonEmployeeDirectorMember
2008 LTIP
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Number of common shares reserved for issuance	4,685,030us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = fosl_TwoThousandEightLongTermIncentivePlanMember
Term of award under the plan	10 years
Vesting period		3 years
Initial LTIP
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Term of award under the plan		10 years
Number of outstanding awards			60,085us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = fosl_InitialLongTermIncentivePlanMember
Nonemployee Plan
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Percentage of options granted that became exercisable on first anniversary of the date of grant		50.00%fosl_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedBecameExercisableOnFirstAnniversaryOfDateOfGrant / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = fosl_NonemployeePlanMember
Options granted that became exercisable on second and third anniversary of the date of grant		25.00%fosl_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedBecameExercisableOnSecondAndThirdAnniversaryOfDateOfGrant / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = fosl_NonemployeePlanMember
Number of installments in which options are exercisable		2fosl_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntoNumberOfInstallments / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = fosl_NonemployeePlanMember
Number of outstanding awards			15,750us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = fosl_NonemployeePlanMember
Nonemployee Plan | Minimum
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Vesting period		3 years
Nonemployee Plan | Maximum
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Vesting period		5 years

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Value of equity-based payment equity instruments, other than options, granted.

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Percentage of options granted under the plan that became exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date.

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The term of equity-based award agreement, which may be presented in a variety of ways (for example, year, month and year, day, month and year, quarter of a year).

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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