Document And Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	May 16, 2013	Jul. 31, 2012
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	LAKELAND INDUSTRIES INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000798081
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--01-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	lake
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		5,353,176
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	true
Document Period End Date	Jan. 31, 2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Public Float			$ 31,302,417
Amendment Description	This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Amendment”) is being filed to amend the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2013, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2013 (the “Original Filing”). This Amendment is being filed to update and modify the Original Filing for a subsequent event related to the Company’s new financing arrangement that combined a $15 million senior credit facility with AloStar Bank of Commerce and a $3.5 million subordinated term loan, together with a warrant for common stock, with LKL Investments, LLC. In pertinent part, the risk factor section was amended to include additional risk factors related to the Company’s loan transactions and the risk factors were also placed in their correct order as certain of the risk factors were inadvertently misplaced throughout the Risk Factor section of the Original Filing. Also, as a result of the proceeds received by the Company in the financing transactions, the going concern qualification contained in the auditor’s opinion and in the Notes to the Financial Statements of the Original Filing were revised to reflect the Company’s renewed ability to continue as a going concern for at least the next twelve months from February 1, 2013. For a detailed description of the financings, see “Note 6 – Long-Term Debt and Subsequent Event” of the Notes to the Financial Statements that are included in Part II, Item 8 of this Amendment. This Amendment also amends certain portions “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result Of Operations” and includes currently dated certifications from the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Except as stated in this Explanatory Note, no other information contained in the Original Filing is being amended, updated or otherwise revised. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Company’s filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing.