Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2014	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012	Aug. 31, 2013	Sep. 27, 2014	Jun. 30, 2012	Oct. 01, 2011
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment	$ 0	$ 0
Goodwill	164,700,000	181,500,000
Amortization of Intangible Assets	11,800,000	4,800,000	2,000,000
Goodwill [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment	0	0
Fuller Mexico [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life				10 years
Amortization of Intangible Assets	10,200,000	3,400,000
Fuller Mexico [Member] | Goodwill [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	103,700,000
Cash flow model forecast period					10 years
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount					24.00%
Fuller Mexico [Member] | Goodwill [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, percent calculated using income approach					75.00%
Fair value, intangible assets, discount rate					15.30%
Fuller Mexico [Member] | Goodwill [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption					2.00%
Fuller Mexico [Member] | Goodwill [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption					4.00%
Fuller Mexico [Member] | Goodwill [Member] | Weighted Average [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption					3.80%
Fuller Mexico [Member] | Goodwill [Member] | Terminal Value Growth Rate [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption					3.00%
BeautiControl United States and Canada [Member] | Goodwill [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment						38,900,000
Nutrimetics [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, discount rate						15.20%
Nutrimetics [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets, (excluding goodwill)						13,800,000
Fair value, intangible assets, royalty rate assumption						1.50%	3.00%
Nutrimetics Asia Pacific [Member] | Goodwill [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment						7,200,000
Nutrimetics Europe [Member] | Goodwill [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment						7,700,000
NaturCare [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, discount rate						13.50%
NaturCare [Member] | Goodwill [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	23,800,000
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount						29.00%
NaturCare [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets, (excluding goodwill)						9,000,000
Fair value, intangible assets, royalty rate assumption						3.75%	4.75%
Nutrimetics and NaturCare [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets fair value						$ 23,000,000
Nutrimetics and NaturCare [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption						(7.00%)
Nutrimetics and NaturCare [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption						7.00%
Nutrimetics and NaturCare [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Weighted Average [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption						2.00%
Nutrimetics and NaturCare [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Terminal Value Growth Rate [Member]
Impairment Testing, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair value, intangible assets, income approach, growth rate assumption						3.00%