Revenue From Contracts With Customers Disaggrated Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Revenue	$ 523.4	$ 534.1
Wolverine Michigan Group [Member]
Revenue	302.7	295.9
Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Revenue	204.8	219.0
Other [Member]
Revenue	15.9	19.2
Wholesale Channel [Member]
Revenue	462.8	483.5
Wholesale Channel [Member] | Wolverine Michigan Group [Member]
Revenue	272.3	271.5
Wholesale Channel [Member] | Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Revenue	175.5	194.2
Wholesale Channel [Member] | Other [Member]
Revenue	15.0	17.8
Consumer-Direct Channel [Member]
Revenue	60.6	50.6
Consumer-Direct Channel [Member] | Wolverine Michigan Group [Member]
Revenue	30.4	24.4
Consumer-Direct Channel [Member] | Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Revenue	29.3	24.8
Consumer-Direct Channel [Member] | Other [Member]
Revenue	$ 0.9	$ 1.4