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Non-PEO NEO Non-PEO NEO [Member] Senior Notes Senior Notes [Member] Entity Address, Address Line One Entity Address, Address Line One Income tax provision Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Cost of goods sold Cost of Product and Service Sold Award Timing Method Award Timing Method [Text Block] Consolidation Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block] Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents Cash, Cash Equivalent, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalent, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect and Discontinued Operation Forgone Recovery, Explanation of Impracticability Forgone Recovery, Explanation of Impracticability [Text Block] Net income Net income Net income Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent Long-term Debt, Type [Axis] Long-Term Debt, Type [Axis] Erroneous Compensation Analysis Erroneous Compensation Analysis [Text Block] Statement [Table] Statement [Table] Restatement Determination Date: Restatement Determination Date [Axis] Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] Certificates of Deposit Certificates of Deposit [Member] Interest income Interest income Investment Income, Interest Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Beginning TSR Price Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Beginning TSR Price Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Beginning TSR Price Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability Contract with Customer, Contract Asset, Contract Liability, and Receivable [Table Text Block] Cash and Cash Equivalents [Axis] Cash and Cash Equivalents [Axis] Unrealized foreign currency exchange loss (gain), net Unrealized Gain (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction, before Tax U.S. Wholesale Wholesale Segment [Member] Carter's wholesale segment. Pension Benefits Adjustments, Footnote Pension Benefits Adjustments, Footnote [Text Block] Diluted net income per common share: Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Diluted [Abstract] Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Table] Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Table] Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Table]