Brazil Transactions (Details Textual)						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
		Sep. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2015 BRL	Aug. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2015 BRL	Jun. 18, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($)	[2]	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jul. 31, 2015 BRL	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($)	[2]	Jul. 31, 2015 BRL	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	[2]
Transactions [Line Items]
Receivable Amount From Settlement Agreement						$ 8,500,000
Quarterly Installments Amount In Settlement Liabilities						250,000
Settlement Liabilities, Current						3,750,000
Gain (Loss) Related to Litigation Settlement						224,000
Payments to Fund Policy Loans										$ 1,130,000
Additional Fund To Be Paid										95,000	BRL 320,000
Payments To Share Transfer Agreement										320,000	992,000
Proceeds from Notes Payable										188,000	BRL 582,000
Maximum Amount of Future Labor Claims										$ 375,000
Percentage of Excess of Cap On Labor Claims Amount										60.00%	60.00%
Guaranty Liabilities							$ 64,000			$ 64,000
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation	[1]						(569,000)	$ 0		(569,000)		$ 0
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax							1,286,000	$ 0		1,286,000		$ 0
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets, Current							$ 0			$ 0					$ 6,335,000
Description of Non Payment Triggers										In addition, so long as Lakeland Brazil does not trigger any of the Non-Payment Triggers on or before either the twelve (12) month anniversary or the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall pay US $150,000 and US $100,000, respectively, to Lakeland Brazil.	In addition, so long as Lakeland Brazil does not trigger any of the Non-Payment Triggers on or before either the twelve (12) month anniversary or the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall pay US $150,000 and US $100,000, respectively, to Lakeland Brazil.
Received From Transferee Under Shares Transfer Agreement | $ / shares							$ 1.00			$ 1.00
Former Officers [Member]
Transactions [Line Items]
Receivable Amount From Settlement Agreement						$ 3,413,000
Lakeland Brazil [Member]
Transactions [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance							$ 2,900,000			$ 2,900,000
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation										700,000
Stockholders' Equity, Period Increase (Decrease), Total										500,000
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax										1,300,000
Interest Payable							5,299			5,299				BRL 15,863
Real Estate Held-for-sale							881,000			881,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets, Current							$ 881,000			$ 881,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Transactions [Line Items]
Repayments of Notes Payable		$ 86,000	BRL 294,500	$ 93,000	BRL 288,300

[1] Restated for discontinued operations

[2] Restated for discontinued operations.