Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes - Schedule of Earnings (Loss) before Income Taxes and Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Detail)

Income Taxes - Schedule of Earnings (Loss) before Income Taxes and Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$ 191,380	$ 82,215	$ 10,473
Income tax expense (benefit)	39,184us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	21,347us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(39)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective tax rate	20.50%	26.00%	(0.40%)
Domestic [Member]
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	82,778	38,705	(27,379)
Income tax expense (benefit)	32,500	12,807	(5,867)
Canada [Member]
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	6,241	4,091	2,564
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,572	1,187	545
Chile [Member]
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	629	9,622	5,971
Income tax expense (benefit)	138	1,920	1,043
Peoples Republic of China [Member]
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	15,201	6,148	1,278
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,179	1,646	319
Jersey [Member]
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	77,555	25,348	25,162
Non-benefited loss operations [Member]
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(13,021)	(15,841)	(13,492)
Other jurisdictions [Member]
Schedule Of Allocation Of Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	21,997	14,142	16,369
Income tax expense (benefit)	$ 3,795	$ 3,787	$ 3,921