Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 29, 2020	Aug. 23, 2020	May 24, 2020	Feb. 23, 2020	Nov. 24, 2019	Aug. 25, 2019	May 26, 2019	Feb. 24, 2019	Nov. 29, 2020	Nov. 24, 2019	Nov. 25, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 1,385,856	$ 1,063,085	$ 497,542	$ 1,506,126	$ 1,568,608	$ 1,447,081	$ 1,312,940	$ 1,434,458	$ 4,452,609	$ 5,763,087	$ 5,575,440
Cost of goods sold	619,309	485,687	327,890	666,799	717,212	680,335	612,517	651,650	2,099,685	2,661,714	2,577,465
Gross profit	766,547	577,398	169,652	839,327	851,396	766,746	700,423	782,808	2,352,924	3,101,373	2,997,975
Selling, general and administrative expenses	652,556	484,002	550,525	660,545	719,749	595,528	637,525	581,896	2,347,628	2,534,698	2,457,564
Restructuring Costs									90,415	0	0
Operating (loss) income	92,018	92,325	(448,244)	178,782	131,647	171,218	62,898	200,912	(85,119)	566,675	540,411
Interest expense	(25,853)	(28,437)	(11,246)	(16,654)	(18,286)	(15,126)	(15,292)	(17,544)	(82,190)	(66,248)	(55,296)
Underwriter commission paid on behalf of selling stockholders					0	0	24,860	0	0	(24,860)	0
Other (expense) income, net	(14,205)	(12,274)	1,305	2,700	4,866	(4,369)	3,166	(1,646)	(22,474)	2,017	14,907
(Loss) income before income taxes	51,960	51,614	(458,185)	164,828	118,227	151,557	26,078	181,722	(189,783)	477,584	500,022
Income tax (benefit) expense	(4,710)	24,565	(94,636)	12,139	22,422	27,340	(2,429)	35,271	(62,642)	82,604	214,778
Net (loss) income					95,805	124,217	28,507	146,451	(127,141)	394,980	285,244
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest					(509)	292	(277)	126	0	368	2,102
Net (loss) income attributable to Levi Strauss & Co.	$ 56,670	$ 27,049	$ (363,549)	$ 152,689	$ 95,296	$ 124,509	$ 28,230	$ 146,577	$ (127,141)	$ 394,612	$ 283,142
(Loss) earnings per common share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.07	$ (0.91)	$ 0.39	$ 0.24	$ 0.32	$ 0.07	$ 0.39	$ (0.32)	$ 1.01	$ 0.75
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.07	$ (0.91)	$ 0.37	$ 0.23	$ 0.30	$ 0.07	$ 0.37	$ (0.32)	$ 0.97	$ 0.73
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	398,383,193	397,711,322	397,484,849	396,216,057	394,670,867	394,169,688	389,518,461	377,077,111	397,315,117	389,082,277	377,139,847
Diluted (in shares)	408,784,914	407,677,385	397,484,849	410,068,373	411,984,817	413,639,749	409,332,997	393,234,825	397,315,117	408,365,902	388,607,361