Notes Payable - Summary of Short Term Obligations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 117,785	$ 144,438
Revolving Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 117,785	144,438
Revolving Facility [Member] \| El Salvador [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.00%
Principal amount	$ 30,000	30,000
Revolving Facility [Member] \| Philippines [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.35%
Principal amount	$ 1,341	1,409
Revolving Facility [Member] \| China [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.00%
Principal amount	$ 0	6,929
Revolving Facility [Member] \| Australia [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.50%
Principal amount	$ 364	409
Revolving Facility [Member] \| Hanes Europe Innerwear [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.64%
Principal amount	$ 86,080	$ 105,691

Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399

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