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		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2021	Aug. 23, 2020	Aug. 29, 2021	Aug. 23, 2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Levi Strauss & Co.	$ 193,333	$ 27,049	$ 400,556	$ (183,811)
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	402,957,370	397,711,322	401,526,123	397,010,522
Dilutive effect of stock awards (in shares)	10,148,049	9,966,063	9,954,858	0
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	413,105,419	407,677,385	411,480,981	397,010,522
Earnings (loss) per common share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.07	$ 1.00	$ (0.46)
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.47	$ 0.07	$ 0.97	$ (0.46)
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (in shares)	335,849	3,214,295	406,362	0
Potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share (in shares)				25,800,000