Subsidiary Guarantors of the Public Bonds (Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended						4 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 07, 2013	Jun. 15, 2013	Mar. 23, 2013	Sep. 08, 2012	Jun. 16, 2012	Mar. 24, 2012	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012		Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 716.6	$ 587.8	$ 645.9	$ 353.1	$ 312.7	$ 322.8	$ 740.8	$ 652.2	[1]	$ 2,691.1	$ 1,640.8	$ 1,409.1
Cost of goods sold										1,619.0	1,008.1	852.3
Restructuring costs										7.6	0	0
Gross profit	286.0	241.1	262.1	138.6	118.1	132.2	275.3	239.3	[1]	1,064.5	628.2	556.8
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs										0	4.5	0
Selling, general and administrative expenses										830.7	482.0	386.6
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs										41.5	32.5	0
Operating profit (Loss)										192.3	113.7	170.2
Other expenses:
Interest expense, net										52.0	14.0	1.0
Debt extinguishment costs										13.1	0	0
Acquisition-related interest expense										0	5.2	0
Other expense (income), net										(0.5)	0.3	0.3
Total other expenses (income)										64.6	19.5	1.3
Earnings before income taxes										127.7	94.2	168.9
Income taxes										26.7	13.4	45.6
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries										101.0	80.8	123.3
Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries										0	0	0
Net earnings										101.0	80.8	123.3
Less: net earnings attributable to non-controlling interests										0.6	0.1	0
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	54.4	17.9	29.8	32.7	20.5	31.2	(1.7)	(3.7)	[1]	100.4	80.7	123.3
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings										101.0	80.8	123.3
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments										(5.4)	5.7	(11.3)
Change in fair value of foreign exchange contracts										0.9	(5.0)	5.1
Change in fair value of interest rate swap										1.6	(1.0)
Pension adjustments										81.2	16.2	23.7
Other comprehensive income (loss)										78.3	(16.5)	(29.9)
Comprehensive income										179.3	64.3	93.4
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interests										0.5	0	0
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										178.8	64.3	93.4
Parent [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue										538.2	527.1	524.7
Cost of goods sold										383.8	390.6	384.3
Restructuring costs										0.1
Gross profit										154.3	135.7	140.4
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs											0.8
Selling, general and administrative expenses										139.0	123.0	136.2
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs										16.9	31.3
Operating profit (Loss)										(1.6)	(18.6)	4.2
Other expenses:
Interest expense, net										52.1	13.9	1.1
Debt extinguishment costs										13.1
Acquisition-related interest expense											5.2
Other expense (income), net										(3.7)	0.4	0.1
Total other expenses (income)										61.5	19.5	1.2
Earnings before income taxes										(63.1)	(38.1)	3.0
Income taxes										1.5	12.3	41.9
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries										(64.6)	(50.4)	(38.9)
Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries										165.0	131.1	162.2
Net earnings										100.4	80.7	123.3
Less: net earnings attributable to non-controlling interests										0	0
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										100.4	80.7	123.3
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings										100.4	80.7	123.3
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments										(5.4)	5.7	(11.3)
Change in fair value of foreign exchange contracts										0.9	(5.0)	5.1
Change in fair value of interest rate swap										1.6	(1.0)
Pension adjustments										81.2	16.2	23.7
Other comprehensive income (loss)										78.3	(16.5)	(29.9)
Comprehensive income										178.7	64.2	93.4
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interests										(0.1)	(0.1)
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										178.8	64.3	93.4
Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue										3,849.1	1,065.7	504.7
Cost of goods sold										3,207.9	780.6	306.3
Restructuring costs										0
Gross profit										641.2	281.4	198.4
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs											3.7
Selling, general and administrative expenses										506.7	206.0	98.1
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs										14.9	1.2
Operating profit (Loss)										119.6	74.2	100.3
Other expenses:
Interest expense, net										(0.2)	(0.2)	0
Debt extinguishment costs										0
Acquisition-related interest expense											0
Other expense (income), net										0.1	(0.2)	0.1
Total other expenses (income)										(0.1)	(0.4)	0.1
Earnings before income taxes										119.7	74.6	100.2
Income taxes										19.3	(0.1)	0
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries										100.4	74.7	100.2
Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries										114.5	54.4	59.7
Net earnings										214.9	129.1	159.9
Less: net earnings attributable to non-controlling interests										0	0
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										214.9	129.1	159.9
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings										214.9	129.1	159.9
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments										0	0	0
Change in fair value of foreign exchange contracts										0	0	0
Change in fair value of interest rate swap										0	0
Pension adjustments										13.1	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)										13.1	0	0
Comprehensive income										228.0	129.1	159.9
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interests										0	0
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										228.0	129.1	159.9
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue										774.4	539.2	490.0
Cost of goods sold										415.4	277.1	232.1
Restructuring costs										7.5
Gross profit										351.5	262.1	257.9
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs											0
Selling, general and administrative expenses										267.5	204.7	191.3
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs										9.7	0
Operating profit (Loss)										74.3	57.4	66.6
Other expenses:
Interest expense, net										0.1	0.3	(0.1)
Debt extinguishment costs										0
Acquisition-related interest expense											0
Other expense (income), net										3.1	0.1	0.1
Total other expenses (income)										3.2	0.4	0
Earnings before income taxes										71.1	57.0	66.6
Income taxes										5.9	1.2	3.7
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries										65.2	55.8	62.9
Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries										21.7	61.2	71.1
Net earnings										86.9	117.0	134.0
Less: net earnings attributable to non-controlling interests										0.6	0.1
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										86.3	116.9	134.0
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings										86.9	117.0	134.0
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments										(5.4)	5.7	(11.3)
Change in fair value of foreign exchange contracts										0.9	(5.0)	5.1
Change in fair value of interest rate swap										0	0
Pension adjustments										0	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)										(4.5)	0.7	(6.2)
Comprehensive income										82.4	117.7	127.8
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interests										0.6	0.1
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										81.8	117.6	127.8
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue										(2,470.6)	(491.2)	(110.3)
Cost of goods sold										(2,388.1)	(440.2)	(70.4)
Restructuring costs										0
Gross profit										(82.5)	(51.0)	(39.9)
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs											0
Selling, general and administrative expenses										(82.5)	(51.7)	(39.0)
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs										0	0
Operating profit (Loss)										0	0.7	(0.9)
Other expenses:
Interest expense, net										0	0	0
Debt extinguishment costs										0
Acquisition-related interest expense											0
Other expense (income), net										0	0	0
Total other expenses (income)										0	0	0
Earnings before income taxes										0	0.7	(0.9)
Income taxes										0	0	0
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries										0	0.7	(0.9)
Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries										(301.2)	(246.7)	(293.0)
Net earnings										(301.2)	(246.0)	(293.9)
Less: net earnings attributable to non-controlling interests										0	0
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										(301.2)	(246.0)	(293.9)
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings										(301.2)	(246.0)	(293.9)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments										5.4	(5.7)	11.3
Change in fair value of foreign exchange contracts										(0.9)	5.0	(5.1)
Change in fair value of interest rate swap										0	0
Pension adjustments										(13.1)	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)										(8.6)	(0.7)	6.2
Comprehensive income										(309.8)	(246.7)	(287.7)
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interests										0	0
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.										$ (309.8)	$ (246.7)	$ (287.7)

[1] The results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 reflect the inclusion of the PLG business, acquired in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.