ACQUISITIONS (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer Relationships [Member] Interger	Dec. 31, 2011 Trademarks [Member] Interger	Dec. 31, 2011 Order or Production Backlog [Member] Interger	Dec. 31, 2011 Favorable Lease Agreements [Member] Interger	Dec. 31, 2011 Unfavorable Lease Agreements [Member] Interger	Jun. 02, 2011 Kurt Geiger [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash							$ 6.9
Accounts receivable							19.7
Inventories							55.1
Other current assets							9.5
Property, plant and equipment							27.0
Intangible assets:
Trademarks - nonamortized							95.1
Trademarks - amortized							0.1
Goodwill							99.3
Customer relationships							125.7
Order backlog							2.8
Favorable lease agreements							6.8
Total assets acquired							448.0
Accounts payable							30.6
Current liabilities							28.5
Long-term debt							174.1
Unfavorable lease agreements							0.2
Deferred taxes							64.6
Total liabilities assumed							298.0
Total purchase price							150.0
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired (in hundredths)							100.00%
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid							150.0
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Gross Contractual Amount							19.8
Business combination, pro forma information [Abstract]
Pro forma total revenues	1,036.3
Pro forma net income	19.2
Earnings per share attributable to Jones
Basic, pro forma effect	$ 0.22
Diluted, pro forma effect	$ 0.22
Amount of purchase price payable rolled over into Loan Note to senior managers of KG							$ 10.2
Interest rate on Loan Note to senior managers of KG							5.00%
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life (in months)		232	120	9	99	100