Debt Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended							1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended															1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended					1 Months Ended
	Nov. 22, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Nov. 22, 2011 Letter of Credit	Nov. 22, 2011 Swingline Loans	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes		May 17, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, First Payment	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, Second Payment	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased	Dec. 31, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased	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 Minimum	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Maximum	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 1.875% Convertible Notes		Dec. 31, 2010 1.875% Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2009 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 14, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, First Payment	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, Second Payment	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Call Options Purchased	Dec. 31, 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 Change of control or other fundamental change	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Accounting change	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Minimum	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Maximum	Jul. 27, 2011 Ecko Note	Dec. 31, 2011 Ecko Note	Dec. 31, 2010 Ecko Note	Dec. 31, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes	Dec. 31, 2010 Asset-Backed Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes Notes 8.45 Percent	Dec. 31, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes Notes 8.12 Percent	Dec. 31, 2011 Asset-Backed Notes Notes 8.99 Percent	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Euro Dollar Rate	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Federal Funds Rate	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility One-month Eurodollar Rate	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Base Rate	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Peanuts Worldwide	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility First Anniversary of Revolver Closing Date before Six Months Euro Dollar Rate	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility First Anniversary of Revolver Closing Date before Six Months Base Rate	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility First Anniversary of Revolver Closing Date after Six Months Euro Dollar Rate	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility First Anniversary of Revolver Closing Date after Six Months Base Rate	May 27, 2011 Term Loan Facility	Mar. 21, 2011 Term Loan Facility	Mar. 17, 2010 Term Loan Facility	Mar. 11, 2008 Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2010 Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan Facility Euro Dollar Rate	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan Facility Prime Lending Rate	May 27, 2011 Term Loan Facility Debt Outstanding, Principal Amount	May 27, 2011 Term Loan Facility Interest Expense	Jun. 23, 2010 Term Loan Facility Peanuts Worldwide	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. 23, 2010 Term Loan Facility Icon Entertainment LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of long term debt							$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000											$ 287,500,000	$ 287,500,000																$ 90,000,000				$ 13,800,000	$ 6,100,000	$ 24,400,000																						$ 212,500,000
Percentage of annual aggregate principal payment																																																									1.00%
Line of credit facility, additional borrowing capacity																																																																		63,200,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage							2.50%	2.50%											1.875%	1.875%		1.875%														7.50%				8.45%	8.12%	8.99%
Additional annual payment, percentage of excess cash flow from subsidiaries subject to term loan facility																																																									50.00%
Percentage of capital stock pledged as collateral																																											100.00%					80.00%															80.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%
Debt instrument, quarterly payment																																				2,500,000
Debt instrument, maturity date, month and year							2016-06												2012-06
Net proceeds received from issuance of debt		292,500,000					291,600,000												281,100,000																																															60,000,000
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
Payment of long-term debt		211,784,000	81,418,000	60,937,000																															3,000,000																		112,600,000		47,200,000	15,600,000					112,400,000	200,000
Long term debt		633,389,000	584,387,000					243,164,000	[1]											278,955,000	[2]	262,716,000														67,000,000	80,000,000	44,270,000	70,650,000																			171,021,000
Threshold for the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA																																																										2.5
Long term debt, current		322,423,000	36,380,000																																	10,000,000		33,500,000
Prepayments of long-term debt																																																						60,000,000
Debt instrument, interest payment period											--06-01	--12-01													--06-30	--12-31
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.
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%
Non cash additional interest expense on convertible notes		23,057,000	15,021,000	14,101,000				6,100,000												15,100,000		14,000,000	13,100,000
Cash interest expense for convertible notes								4,500,000												5,400,000		5,400,000	5,400,000
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		38,247,000	27,443,000										20,600,000	18,200,000														26,700,000	2,800,000
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							Dec. 31, 2016												Dec. 31, 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%
Cash, restricted cash		14,071,000	3,300,000	6,163,000																																		3,800,000	2,500,000
Reserve account established for future principal payment classified as restricted cash, current																																						8,700,000
Restricted cash, non-current		7,220,000	15,866,000																																			7,200,000	15,900,000
Revolving line of credit, aggregate principal amount	150,000,000
Revolving line of credit, expiration date	2013-11-22
Sublimit for issuance of line of credit					10,000,000	10,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate, margin																																												3.25%	0.50%	1.00%	2.25%		4.00%	3.00%	5.00%	4.00%							2.25%	1.25%
Revolving line of credit unused balance, interest	0.50%
Costs relating to the execution of the Revolver, deferred and amortized																																											2,300,000
Commitment fee for revolving line of credit		$ 100,000
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 covenant compliance																																																					Through the Payoff Date, the Company was in compliance with all material covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement.

[1] Reflects the net debt carrying amount of the 2.50% Convertible Notes in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 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 in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011, in accordance with accounting for convertible notes. The principal amount owed to the holders of the Convertible Notes is $287.5 million.