Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)				1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 03, 2015	Dec. 03, 2014 GBP (£)	Oct. 11, 2014 CNY (¥)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2014 USD ($) shares	Mar. 27, 2014	Jun. 28, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 CNY (¥)	Dec. 03, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015 GBP (£)	Jul. 31, 2015 CAD	Jul. 31, 2015 CNY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 25, 2015 CNY (¥)	Apr. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Description Of Senior Loan Agreement	The primary purposes of the Second Amendment are to (i) modify the definition of Permitted Asset Disposition to provide the Company with the ability to transfer the stock of the Companys wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, Lake Brasil Indstria e Comrcio de Roupas e Equipamentos de Proteo Individual Ltda. (Lakeland Brazil), and (ii) allow the Borrowers to transfer funds to Lakeland Brazil for the specific purposes of settling arbitration claims, paying contractual expenses, and paying expenses incurred in connection with a transfer of the stock of Lakeland Brazil so long as, after giving effect to any such transfer, the amount Borrowers have as excess availability under the revolver loans, excluding the $15 million facility cap for this purpose only, calculated pursuant to and under the Senior Loan Agreement, is at least $3.0 million. Also, as part of the Second Amendment, Lender consented to the sale of the Companys corporate offices in Ronkonkoma, New York on the condition that the net cash proceeds from the sale in the amount of at least $450,000 are used by the Company to pay down the Borrowers obligations to Lender under the Senior Loan Agreement.
Weifang Lakeland Safety Products Co Ltd And Weifang Rural Credit Cooperative Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage																5.35%
Line Of Credit Facility Bench mark Interest Rate At Period End						120.00%
Long-term Line of Credit | ¥																¥ 8,000,000
Argentina Subsidiary [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								34.00%	34.00%			34.00%	34.00%	34.00%
Long-term Line of Credit								$ 300,000	$ 300,000
Borrowings In UK [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest Rate											3.44%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity | £												£ 1,250,000
Line Of Credit Facility Advance Rate		3.46%
Long-term Line of Credit								$ 400,000	$ 400,000
Notes Payable | £		£ 400,000
Borrowings In UK [Member] | Amendment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity | £		£ 1,500,000
Line Of Credit Facility Advance Rate		3.00%
Subordinated Debt [Member] | Private Placement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other | shares					1,110,000
Debt Related Commitment Fees and Debt Issuance Costs				$ 600,000	$ 1,600,000		$ 600,000
Bank of China Anqiu Branch [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End								6.00%	6.00%			6.00%	6.00%	6.00%
Line Of Credit Facility Bench mark Interest Rate At Period End			123.00%
Long-term Line of Credit | ¥														¥ 5,000,000
Bank of China Anqiu Branch [Member] | China Subsidiary [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End			7.38%
Long-term Line of Credit | ¥			¥ 5,000,000
Senior Loan Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit							15,000,000
Subordinated Loan Agreement [Member] | Junior Lender [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Subordinated Debt, Total							$ 3,500,000
Warrants To Purchase Common Stock | shares							566,015
Beneficial Ownership Percentage							9.58%
Proceeds from Issuance of Subordinated Long-term Debt							$ 3,500,000
Subordinated Loan Agreement [Member] | Junior Lender [Member] | Warrant [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount							$ 2,200,000
Business Development Bank Of Canada [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount									$ 1,100,000
Debt Instrument, Term									240 months	240 months
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage								6.45%	6.45%			6.45%	6.45%	6.45%
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Total									$ 6,447
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities, Total																	$ 50,000
Long-term Debt, Total | CAD													CAD 1,049,979
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Calculation, Percentage Of Eligible Inventory								60.00%
Line Of Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Calculation, Percentage Of Liquidation Value Of Inventory								85.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Collateral									A perfected first security lien on all of the Borrowers United States and Canadian assets, other than its Mexican plant and the Canadian warehouse. o Pledge of 65% of Lakeland US stock in all foreign subsidiaries and 100% pledge of stock of its Canadian subsidiaries.	A perfected first security lien on all of the Borrowers United States and Canadian assets, other than its Mexican plant and the Canadian warehouse. o Pledge of 65% of Lakeland US stock in all foreign subsidiaries and 100% pledge of stock of its Canadian subsidiaries.
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms									Prepayment penalties of 2% if prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date and 1% thereafter.	Prepayment penalties of 2% if prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date and 1% thereafter.
Long-term Line of Credit																	$ 15,000,000
Line Of Credit Facility Floor Interest Rate															6.25%
Line Of Credit facility Maturity Description									An initial term of three years from June 28, 2013 (the Closing Date), which has been extended to June 28, 2017 pursuant to the Amendment. o Prepayment penalties of 2% if prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date and 1% thereafter.	An initial term of three years from June 28, 2013 (the Closing Date), which has been extended to June 28, 2017 pursuant to the Amendment. o Prepayment penalties of 2% if prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date and 1% thereafter.
Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Amendment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility Floor Interest Rate															4.25%
Subsequent Event [Member] | Weifang Lakeland Safety Products Co Ltd And Weifang Rural Credit Cooperative Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End																6.42%
Professional Fees | ¥										¥ 46,000
Long-term Line of Credit | ¥																¥ 8,000,000