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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities-Realized & Unrealized (Details) (Forward foreign exchange contracts [Member], Other Income [Member], USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 01, 2015
Feb. 23, 2014
Forward foreign exchange contracts [Member] | Other Income [Member]
    
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]    
Realized $ (3,960)lvis_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsRealizedGainLossNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIncomeMember		 $ 5,915lvis_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsRealizedGainLossNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIncomeMember
Unrealized 11,868lvis_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsUnrealizedGainLossNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIncomeMember		 (1,479)lvis_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsUnrealizedGainLossNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIncomeMember
Total $ 7,908us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIncomeMember		 $ 4,436us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIncomeMember