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Background and Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
May 01, 2015
May 02, 2014
Apr. 04, 2014
Mar. 14, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Dividends paid prior to distribution $ 0us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 500,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends    
Common stock, shares outstanding 31,956,521us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding   31,956,521us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding  
Common stock, par value (in USD per share) $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Sears Holding Corporation        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock, distribution basis for issued and outstanding shares       0.300795le_SpinoffTransactionDistributionofCommonSharesRatio
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= le_SearsHoldingCorporationMember
Percentage of common stock outstanding distributed to shareholders     100.00%le_CommonStockDistributionofOutstandingStockPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= le_SearsHoldingCorporationMember		  
Subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corp.        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Dividends paid prior to distribution     $ 500,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiaryOfCommonParentMember