Earnings (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders - Schedule of Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 30, 2021	May 24, 2020	May 30, 2021	May 24, 2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Levi Strauss & Co.	$ 64,719	$ (363,549)	$ 207,223	$ (210,860)
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	401,964,569	397,484,849	400,771,248	396,832,024
Dilutive effect of stock awards (in shares)	10,138,272	0	9,873,215	0
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	412,102,841	397,484,849	410,644,463	396,832,024
Earnings (loss) per common share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.16	$ (0.91)	$ 0.52	$ (0.53)
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.16	$ (0.91)	$ 0.50	$ (0.53)
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (in shares)	565,147	0	877,617	0
Potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share (in shares)		26,800,000		26,800,000