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Income Taxes-Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Aug. 24, 2014
May 25, 2014
Feb. 23, 2014
Nov. 24, 2013
Aug. 25, 2013
May 26, 2013
Feb. 24, 2013
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 24, 2013
Nov. 25, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]                      
Current Fiscal Year End Date                 --11-30    
Income Tax Expense Reconciliation [Abstract]                      
Income tax expense at U.S. federal statutory rate                 $ 53,849us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 112,914us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 68,558us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal impact                 7us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3,994us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 892us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Change in valuation allowance                 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 5,169us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,329)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Impact of foreign operations                 (5,296)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (17,160)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 7,313us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Reassessment of tax liabilities                 (3,466)lvis_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities (15,215)lvis_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities (29,500)lvis_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities
Income Tax Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense                 4,899lvis_IncomeTaxReconciliationWriteOffOfDeferredTaxAssets 4,289lvis_IncomeTaxReconciliationWriteOffOfDeferredTaxAssets 9,061lvis_IncomeTaxReconciliationWriteOffOfDeferredTaxAssets
Income Tax Reconciliation, Other Adjustments                 (448)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 486us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (73)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total $ 5,066us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit [1] $ 22,536us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 5,556us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 16,387us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 8,885us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 20,077us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 17,140us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 48,375us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 49,545us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 94,477us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 54,922us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Abstract]                      
U.S. federal statutory rate (percent)                 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal impact (percent)                 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Change in valuation allowance (percent)                 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 1.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (0.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Impact of foreign operations (percent)                 (3.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (5.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 3.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Reassessment of tax liabilities due to change in estimate (percent)                 (2.30%)lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities (4.70%)lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities (15.10%)lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Share-based Compensation Cost                 3.20%lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxReconciliationWriteOffOfDeferredTaxAssets 1.30%lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxReconciliationWriteOffOfDeferredTaxAssets 4.60%lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxReconciliationWriteOffOfDeferredTaxAssets
Other, including non-deductible expenses (percent)                 (0.30%)lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities 0.20%lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities 0.00%lvis_EffectiveIncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInEstimateOfIncomeTaxLiabilities
Total                 32.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 29.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 28.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
[1] Includes certain out-of-period adjustments, which decreased income before income taxes and net income by approximately $4.0 million and $6.0 million, respectively. For additional information see Note 1.