LONG-TERM DEBT AND SUBSEQUENT EVENT (Details Textual)	1 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 21, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2014 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 CAD	Jun. 28, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016 CAD	Jan. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)	Dec. 01, 2015 CNY (¥)	Oct. 10, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 10, 2015 CNY (¥)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015 CAD	Dec. 03, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2014 GBP (£)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants To Purchase Common Stock | shares						55,500
Long-term Debt, Total										$ 13,424,959
Line Of Credit Facility Initial Interest Rate										4.25%		4.25%	4.25%
Argentina Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage																	34.00%
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			5.52%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage		4.60%												4.60%
Long-term Debt, Total										$ 900,000
Line Of Credit Facility Bench mark Interest Rate At Period End		120.00%	120.00%
Long-term Line of Credit		$ 900,000	$ 1,300,000							1,300,000				¥ 6,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period		5.52%
Argentina Subsidiary [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured Debt, Total										$ 200,000
Long-term Line of Credit																	$ 300,000
Borrowings In UK [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest Rate										3.44%		3.44%	3.44%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity																				$ 1,900,000	£ 1,250,000
Line Of Credit Facility Advance Rate	3.46%
Long-term Line of Credit					$ 486,584,000,000						$ 486,584,000,000
Notes Payable																				600,000	400,000
Borrowings In UK [Member] | Amendment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity																				$ 2,300,000	£ 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			$ 100,000
Senior Lender [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Description				Pursuant to the Amendment, the parties agreed to (i) modify the definition of Permitted Asset Disposition to provide the Company with the ability to sell 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 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 sale 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 Loan Agreement, is at least $3 million.
Line of Credit Facility, Periodic Payment				$ 450,000
Bank of China Anqiu Branch [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit															$ 800,000	¥ 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															7.00%	7.00%
Long-term Line of Credit										$ 800,000			¥ 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
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount									$ 2,200,000
China Loan [Member] | Weifang Lakeland Safety Products Co Ltd And Weifang Rural Credit Cooperative Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			4.60%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount										225,000
Long-term Debt, Total										9,457,921
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period										$ 11,400,000	$ 14,600,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period										4.74%	6.55%
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity										$ 5,500,000
Inventory In Transit										1,000,000
Receivables And Inventory Maximum Cap Availability										$ 2,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Subordinated Loan Agreement [Member] | Senior Lender [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis										200
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%
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment							$ 5,848	CAD 8,169
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities										$ 50,000
Long-term Debt, Total					$ 799,637					$ 690,602	$ 799,637	CAD 1,034,622							CAD 1,064,849
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Calculation, Percentage Of Accounts Receivable										85.00%
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 other than 100% pledge of stock of its Canadian subsidiaries
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description										LIBOR rate plus 525 basis points
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage										0.50%
Line of Credit Facility, Collateral Fees, Amount										$ 3,000
Line Of Credit Facility, Financial Covenant Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio										1.1 to 1.00
Line Of Credit Facility Financial Covenant Minimum Amount Of EBITDA Quarter One										$ 4,100,000
Line Of Credit Facility, Financial Covenant, Capital Expenditures										1,000,000
line Of Credit, Facility Other Covenants, Limitation On Advances										200,000
Line Of Credit, Facility Other Covenants, Limitation On Investments In Foreign Subsidiaries										1,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit										$ 15,000,000
Line Of Credit Facility Floor Interest Rate										6.25%		6.25%	6.25%					6.25%
Line Of Credit Facility Initial Interest Rate										6.25%		6.25%	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
Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Amendment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description										325 basis points
Line Of Credit Facility Floor Interest Rate										4.25%		4.25%	4.25%					4.25%