Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2) $ in Thousands, € in Millions			1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Nov. 08, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 19, 2012 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2016 USD ($) Plaintiff	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Jul. 30, 2016 USD ($) subsidiary	Jul. 30, 2016 EUR (€) subsidiary	Jul. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Jan. 30, 2015 trademark	May 02, 2013 trademark
Italy | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Number of subsidiaries under audit by the Italian Customs Agency | subsidiary						1	1
Customs tax assessments including potential penalties and interest						$ 11,000		€ 9.8
Italy | Minimum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period under audit by the Italian Customs Agency						Jul. 01, 2010	Jul. 01, 2010
Italy | Maximum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period under audit by the Italian Customs Agency						Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Italy | First set of appeals | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Canceled customs tax assessments				$ 1,900	€ 1.7
Italy | First set of appeals | Minimum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments				Jul. 01, 2010	Jul. 01, 2010
Italy | First set of appeals | Maximum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments				Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010
Italy | Second, third and fourth set of appeals | Minimum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments						Oct. 01, 2010	Oct. 01, 2010
Italy | Second, third and fourth set of appeals | Maximum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments						Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011
Italy | Sixth set of appeals | Minimum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments						Jan. 01, 2012	Jan. 01, 2012
Italy | Sixth set of appeals | Maximum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments						Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012
Italy | Portion of the seventh set of appeals | Minimum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments						Aug. 01, 2012	Aug. 01, 2012
Italy | Portion of the seventh set of appeals | Maximum | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Period covering canceled assessments						Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Italy | Second, third, fourth, sixth and a portion of the seventh set of appeals | Europe | Customs tax audit and appeals
Loss contingency
Canceled customs tax assessments						$ 6,700	€ 6.0
Judicial ruling | U.S. | Gucci America, Inc.
Loss contingency
Damages sought in litigation case		$ 26,000
Accounting profits sought by plaintiff as compensation		99,000
Monetary damages awarded by court		2,300
Monetary damages awarded by court to be paid by the Company's licensees		$ 2,300
Judicial ruling | U.S. | Isaguirre
Loss contingency
Number of plaintiffs | Plaintiff			2
Settlement amount			$ 5,250
Pending litigation | Italy | Gucci America, Inc.
Loss contingency
Number of Italian trademark registrations to be cancelled by plaintiff | trademark										3
Number of European Community trademark registrations to be cancelled by plaintiff | trademark										4
Pending litigation | China | Gucci America, Inc.
Loss contingency
Monetary damages awarded by court	$ 80
Pending litigation | France | Gucci America, Inc.
Loss contingency
Number of European Community trademark registrations to be cancelled by plaintiff | trademark									2
Number of international trademark registrations to be cancelled by plaintiff | trademark									1