CREDIT FACILITIES (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011 US Lending Institution [Member] Stuart Weitzman Holdings, LLC [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 European Lending Institution [Member] Stuart Weitzman Holdings, LLC [Member] EUR (€)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate principal amount	$ 650.0
U.S. commitments drawable by U.S. borrowers as revolving loans or letters of credit	350.0
International commitment drawable by U.S. Canadian, or European borrowers as revolving loans or letters of credit	300.0
Maximum availability for all letters of credit	350.0
Maximum availability for standby letters of credit	50.0
Maximum availability for trade letters of credit	350.0
Maximum availability for letters of credit under US commitment drawable in alternative currency	150.0
Letters of credit outstanding	22.8
Remaining availability for borrowings	384.0
Unsecured borrowing facility			1.5	0.3
Unsecured borrowing facility, letters of credit outstanding			$ 1.1
Rate on $1.5 million unsecured borrowing facility			Prevailing prime rate or the prevailing LIBOR rate plus 300 basis points
Weighted-average interest rate of credit facilities (in hundredths)	2.40%	3.00%
Basis of weighted-average interest rate	30-day LIBOR borrowing rates	30-day LIBOR borrowing rates