Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 24, 2019	Aug. 25, 2019	May 26, 2019	Feb. 24, 2019	Nov. 25, 2018	Aug. 26, 2018	May 27, 2018	Feb. 25, 2018	Nov. 24, 2019	Nov. 25, 2018	Nov. 26, 2017
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 1,568,608	$ 1,447,081	$ 1,312,940	$ 1,434,458	$ 1,591,860	$ 1,394,153	$ 1,245,742	$ 1,343,685	$ 5,763,087	$ 5,575,440	$ 4,904,030
Cost of goods sold	717,212	680,335	612,517	651,650	744,448	652,591	574,865	605,561	2,661,714	2,577,465	2,341,301
Gross profit	851,396	766,746	700,423	782,808	847,412	741,562	670,877	738,124	3,101,373	2,997,975	2,562,729
Selling, general and administrative expenses	719,749	595,528	637,525	581,896	718,621	582,146	593,595	563,202	2,534,698	2,457,564	2,082,662
Operating income	131,647	171,218	62,898	200,912	128,791	159,416	77,282	174,922	566,675	540,411	480,067
Interest expense	(18,286)	(15,292)	(15,126)	(17,544)	(9,637)	(15,697)	(14,465)	(15,497)	(66,248)	(55,296)	(68,603)
Underwriter commission paid on behalf of selling stockholders	0	0	(24,860)	0					(24,860)	0	0
Other income (expense), net	4,866	(4,369)	3,166	(1,646)	16,251	(3,839)	12,895	(10,400)	2,017	14,907	(39,890)
Income before income taxes	118,227	151,557	26,078	181,722	135,405	139,880	75,712	149,025	477,584	500,022	348,781
Income tax expense (benefit)	22,422	27,340	(2,429)	35,271	38,145	10,299	(1,320)	167,654	82,604	214,778	64,225
Net (loss) income	95,805	124,217	28,507	146,451	97,260	129,581	77,032	(18,629)	394,980	285,244	284,556
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest	(509)	292	(277)	126	(162)	543	(2,100)	(383)	(368)	(2,102)	(3,153)
Net income attributable to Levi Strauss & Co.	$ 95,296	$ 124,509	$ 28,230	$ 146,577	$ 97,098	$ 130,124	$ 74,932	$ (19,012)	$ 394,612	$ 283,142	$ 281,403
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.24	$ 0.32	$ 0.07	$ 0.39	$ 0.26	$ 0.34	$ 0.20	$ (0.05)	$ 1.01	$ 0.75	$ 0.75
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.23	$ 0.30	$ 0.07	$ 0.37	$ 0.25	$ 0.33	$ 0.19	$ (0.05)	$ 0.97	$ 0.73	$ 0.73
Basic (in shares)	394,670,867	394,169,688	389,518,461	377,077,111	376,968,560	377,742,492	377,132,162	376,165,783	389,082,277	377,139,847	376,177,350
Diluted (in shares)	411,984,817	413,639,749	409,332,997	393,234,825	391,088,937	390,586,032	387,764,580	376,165,783	408,365,902	388,607,361	384,338,330
Cash dividends declared per share (usd per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0.29	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0.24