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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Feb. 01, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Gross property and equipment	$ 266,893,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 258,764,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Accumulated depreciation	(165,670,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	(157,668,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Total property and equipment, net	101,223,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	101,096,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation expense	17,100,000us-gaap_Depreciation	19,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation	20,500,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Gross property and equipment	3,529,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember	3,563,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember
Buildings and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Gross property and equipment	100,583,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember	101,249,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Buildings and improvements | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	15 years
Buildings and improvements | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	30 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Gross property and equipment	76,938,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = le_FurnitureFixturesandEquipmentMember	75,625,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = le_FurnitureFixturesandEquipmentMember
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	3 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	10 years
Computer hardware and software
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Gross property and equipment	73,062,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = le_ComputerHardwareandSoftwareMember	65,810,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = le_ComputerHardwareandSoftwareMember
Computer hardware and software | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	3 years
Computer hardware and software | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	5 years
Leasehold improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Gross property and equipment	$ 12,781,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsMember	$ 12,517,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsMember
Leasehold improvements | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	3 years
Leasehold improvements | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]
Asset lives of property and equipment	7 years

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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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