Subsidiary Guarantors of the Public Bonds (Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 22, 2014
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 631.4	$ 627.6
Cost of goods sold	370.0	371.4
Restructuring costs	0	0.4
Gross profit	261.4	255.8
Selling, general and administrative expenses	198.8	190.5
Acquisition-related integration costs	0	1.6
Net gain on restructuring	(1.0)	0
Operating profit (loss)	63.6	63.7
Other expenses:
Interest expense (income), net	9.5	10.9
Other expense (income), net	(1.0)	0.8
Total other expenses (income)	8.5	11.7
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	55.1	52.0
Income tax expense (benefit)	15.0	14.8
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries	40.1	37.2
Net earnings	40.1	37.2
Less: net earnings (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests	0	0.1
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	40.1	37.1
Comprehensive income	30.2	34.3
Less: comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest	(0.2)	(0.1)
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	30.4	34.4
Parent [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue	135.8	114.5
Cost of goods sold	98.5	77.0
Gross profit	37.3	37.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses	47.7	38.4
Acquisition-related integration costs		1.0
Net gain on restructuring	0.4
Operating profit (loss)	(10.8)	(1.9)
Other expenses:
Interest expense (income), net	9.5	10.8
Other expense (income), net		0.4
Total other expenses (income)	9.5	10.4
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(20.3)	(12.3)
Income tax expense (benefit)	(7.9)	(4.6)
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries	(12.4)	(7.7)
Equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	52.5	44.8
Net earnings	40.1	37.1
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	40.1	37.1
Comprehensive income	30.4	34.2
Less: comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest		(0.2)
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	30.4	34.4
Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue	947.7	939.7
Cost of goods sold	811.0	798.2
Gross profit	136.7	141.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses	106.8	104.9
Acquisition-related integration costs		0.6
Net gain on restructuring	0.6
Operating profit (loss)	29.3	36.0
Other expenses:
Interest expense (income), net	0.1	0.1
Other expense (income), net	(1.2)
Total other expenses (income)	(1.1)	0.1
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	30.4	35.9
Income tax expense (benefit)	11.8	13.5
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries	18.6	22.4
Equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	(39.4)	59.6
Net earnings	(20.8)	82.0
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	(20.8)	82.0
Comprehensive income	(20.8)	81.8
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	(20.8)	81.8
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue	191.2	199.8
Cost of goods sold	89.3	109.3
Gross profit	101.9	90.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses	58.8	60.6
Acquisition-related integration costs		0
Net gain on restructuring	(2.0)
Operating profit (loss)	45.1	29.5
Other expenses:
Interest expense (income), net	(0.1)
Other expense (income), net	0.2	(1.2)
Total other expenses (income)	0.1	1.2
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	45.0	28.3
Income tax expense (benefit)	11.1	5.9
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries	33.9	22.4
Equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	61.7	33.6
Net earnings	95.6	56.0
Less: net earnings (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		0.1
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	95.6	55.9
Comprehensive income	83.3	51.9
Less: comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest	(0.2)	0.1
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	83.5	51.8
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue	(643.3)	(626.4)
Cost of goods sold	(628.8)	(613.1)
Gross profit	(14.5)	(13.3)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(14.5)	(13.4)
Operating profit (loss)		0.1
Other expenses:
Earnings (loss) before income taxes		0.1
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries		0.1
Equity in earnings (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	(74.8)	(138.0)
Net earnings	(74.8)	(137.9)
Net earnings attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	(74.8)	(137.9)
Comprehensive income	(62.7)	(133.6)
Comprehensive income attributable to Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	$ (62.7)	$ (133.6)