Business Segments (Assets and Goodwill by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 18, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 2,500.0	$ 2,431.7	$ 2,453.5
Goodwill	427.2	424.3	431.9	$ 429.1
Wolverine Outdoor and Lifestyle Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	444.2	391.8	455.8
Goodwill	127.7	126.6	129.9
Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	1,283.2	1,273.5	1,337.0
Goodwill	259.3	257.5	259.5
Wolverine Heritage Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	130.3	157.8	148.8
Goodwill	16.5	16.5	16.5
Wolverine Multi-Brand Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	130.5	140.8	189.4
Goodwill	23.7	23.7	26.0
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	31.0	33.7	28.3
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 480.8	$ 434.1	$ 294.2