Debt Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended					1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes	Jun. 30, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes		Jun. 30, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes		May 17, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Maximum	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Minimum	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Change of control or other fundamental change	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Accounting change	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased	Jun. 30, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 30, 2011 1.875% Convertible Notes		Jun. 30, 2010 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 30, 2011 1.875% Convertible Notes		Jun. 30, 2010 1.875% Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2010 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 14, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Maximum	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Minimum	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Change of control or other fundamental change	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Accounting change	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased	Jun. 30, 2011 1.875% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc	Jun. 30, 2011 Ecko Note	Dec. 31, 2010 Ecko Note	Jun. 30, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes	Dec. 31, 2010 Asset-Backed Notes	Jun. 30, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes Notes 8.45 Percent	Jun. 30, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes Notes 8.12 Percent	Jun. 30, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes Notes 8.99 Percent	Jun. 23, 2010 Peanuts Worldwide Term Loan Facility	May 27, 2011 Term Loan Facility	Mar. 21, 2011 Term Loan Facility	Mar. 17, 2010 Term Loan Facility	Mar. 11, 2008 Term Loan Facility	Jun. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility	Jun. 30, 2010 Term Loan Facility	Jun. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility	Jun. 30, 2010 Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2010 Term Loan Facility	Jun. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility Rocawear Brand	Mar. 31, 2007 Term Loan Facility Rocawear Brand	Oct. 03, 2007 Term Loan Facility Official-Pillowtex LLC	Dec. 17, 2007 Term Loan Facility Starter Brand	Jun. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility Starter Brand	Jun. 23, 2010 Term Loan Facility Icon Entertainment LLC	Jun. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility Euro Dollar Rate	Jun. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility Prime Lending Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of annual aggregate principal payment																																															1.00%
Line of credit facility, additional borrowing capacity																																																					$ 63,200,000
Additional annual payment, percentage of excess cash flow from subsidiaries subject to term loan facility																																															50.00%
Principal amount of long term debt				300,000,000	300,000,000		300,000,000									287,500,000	287,500,000			287,500,000													90,000,000				18,700,000	8,300,000	30,700,000		112,400,000										212,500,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage				2.50%												1.875%																	7.50%				8.45%	8.12%	8.99%
Debt instrument, maturity date																																	Jun. 30, 2014		Feb. 22, 2013												Apr. 30, 2013
Debt instrument, maturity date, upon completion of convertible notes offering																																															Jan. 02, 2012
Debt instrument, quarterly payment																																	2,500,000
Payment of long-term debt	190,312,000	64,051,000																																							112,600,000		47,200,000	15,600,000
Threshold for the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA																																																	2.5
Prepayments of long-term debt																																										60,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date, month and year				2016-06												2012-06
Accrued interest																																									200,000
Long term debt	640,672,000		584,387,000		237,521,000	[1]	237,521,000	[1]									270,409,000	[2]		270,409,000	[2]		262,716,000										75,000,000	80,000,000	57,742,000	70,650,000													171,021,000
Percentage of capital stock pledged as collateral																																								80.00%											100.00%	100.00%			100.00%
Debt instrument, maturity period																																					6Y	6Y	6.5Y
Debt instrument covenant compliance																																									Through the Payoff Date, the Company was in compliance with all material covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement.
Long term debt, current	307,942,000		36,380,000																														10,000,000		27,500,000
Net proceeds received from issuance of debt	292,500,000			291,600,000												281,100,000																															272,500,000						60,000,000
Debt instrument, effective interest rate																																													2.49%	2.55%	2.50%	2.52%
Cash, restricted cash	3,727,000	3,009,000	3,300,000																																2,900,000	2,500,000
Debt instrument, payment terms				The 2.50% Convertible Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 2.50%, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning December 1, 2011.												The 1.875% Convertible Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 1.875%, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 31 of each year, beginning December 31, 2007.
Restricted cash, non-current	15,866,000		15,866,000																																15,900,000	15,900,000
Debt instrument, effective interest rate				7.25%												7.85%
Debt instrument, conversion rate				32.5169												36.2845
Principal amount of each convertible note				1,000												1,000
Convertible notes, initial conversion price per share				$ 30.75					$ 40.6175							$ 27.56								$ 42.40
Percentage of Premiums									75.00%															100.00%
Selling price per share of common stock									$ 23.21															$ 21.20
Percentage of closing price of the Company's common stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading days											130.00%															130.00%
percentage of product of closing price of the Company's common stock for each day in that period and conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes										98.00%															98.00%
Redemption price percentage per principal amount												100.00%	102.00%														100.00%	102.00%
Net debt carrying amount					237,521,000		237,521,000										270,409,000			270,409,000			262,716,000
Non cash additional interest expense on convertible notes	8,868,000	7,345,000			1,200,000		1,200,000										3,600,000		3,400,000	7,200,000		6,900,000
Cash interest expense for convertible notes					800,000		800,000										1,300,000		1,300,000	2,700,000		2,700,000
Convertible notes, common stock option shares														9,800,000															10,400,000
Payment for the purchased call option														58,700,000															76,300,000
Deferred income tax related to convertible notes															20,600,000														26,700,000	5,500,000
Sold warrants, shares of common stock				9,760,000												3,600,000
Sold warrants, shares of common stock strike price per share				40.6175												42.40
Sold warrants, shares of common stock exercise date				Sep. 01, 2016												Sep. 28, 2012
Sold warrants, shares of common stock expiring date				End of 2016												End of 2012
Proceeds received from sale of Sold warrants	28,800,000			28,800,000												37,500,000
Adjustments to additional paid in capital due convertible note hedge and warrants				(9,400,000)												(12,100,000)
Percentage of shares purchased under call options plan																															40.00%
Sold warrants, percentage																																40.00%
Debt instrument interest rate basis																																															At the Company’s option, at the Eurodollar rate or the prime rate, plus an applicable margin of 2.25% or 1.25%, as the case may be, per annum.
Debt instrument interest rate, margin																																																								2.25%	1.25%
Payments to acquire businesses, gross																																																		204,000,000				60,000,000
Payment of costs related to the acquisition of the Rocawear brand and related assets		1,160,000																																																2,100,000
Payments of debt issuance costs																																															$ 3,900,000

[1] Reflects the net debt carrying amount of the 2.50% Convertible Notes on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2011, in accordance with accounting for convertible notes. The principal amount owed to the holders of the Convertible Notes is $300.0 million.

[2] Reflects the net debt carrying amount of the 1.875% Convertible Notes on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2011, in accordance with accounting for convertible notes. The principal amount owed to the holders of the Convertible Notes is $287.5 million.