Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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Restatement of Prior Period Financial Statements (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Trade accounts receivable, net	$ 258,952us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent		$ 311,014us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Inventories	306,119us-gaap_InventoryNet		284,517us-gaap_InventoryNet
Assets, Current	714,421us-gaap_AssetsCurrent		741,000us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Assets held for sale, net of current portion	0us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleLongLived		5,394us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleLongLived
Total assets	1,183,714us-gaap_Assets		1,255,982us-gaap_Assets
Income taxes payable	2,505us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent		1,124us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Current portion of assets held for sale	0		13,266
Liabilities, Current	331,030us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent		350,387us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Liabilities	1,157,084us-gaap_Liabilities		1,199,748us-gaap_Liabilities
Accumulated deficit	(598,177)		(587,407)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	38,669	59,496	57,288	73,918
Stockholders’/invested equity	26,630us-gaap_StockholdersEquity		53,876us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Non-controlling interest	0us-gaap_MinorityInterest		2,358us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	26,630	377,432	56,234	384,199
Revenues, net	340,854us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	394,910us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Gross Margin	169,444us-gaap_GrossProfit	200,640us-gaap_GrossProfit
Operating loss	(1,315)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	(4,027)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Loss from continuing operations	(18,290)	(21,890)
Net (loss)/income	(10,770)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	16,191us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net (loss)/income per share attributable to Quiksilver, Inc. (usd per share)	$ (0.06)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.10us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
As Previously Reported
Trade accounts receivable, net			319,840
Inventories			278,780
Assets, Current			744,089
Assets held for sale, net of current portion			2,987
Total assets			1,256,664
Income taxes payable			1,156
Current portion of assets held for sale			12,640
Liabilities, Current			349,793
Liabilities			1,199,154
Accumulated deficit			(585,263)
Accumulated other comprehensive income			57,298
Stockholders’/invested equity			56,030
Non-controlling interest			1,480
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest			57,510
Revenues, net		392,612
Gross Margin		199,836
Operating loss		(4,831)
Net (loss)/income		15,387
Net (loss)/income per share attributable to Quiksilver, Inc. (usd per share)		$ 0.09
Americas
Revenues, net		175,463
Gross Margin		75,914
Operating loss		(13,869)
Identifiable assets			464,831
Americas \| As Previously Reported
Revenues, net		173,165
Gross Margin		75,110
Operating loss		(14,673)
Identifiable assets			467,920
EMEA
Identifiable assets			513,303
EMEA \| As Previously Reported
Identifiable assets			$ 510,896