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Background and Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |
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May 01, 2015 | May 02, 2014 | Apr. 04, 2014 | Mar. 14, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dividends paid prior to distribution | $ 0 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends | $ 500,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 31,956,521 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding |  | 31,956,521 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding |
Common stock, par value (in USD per share) | $ 0.01 us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare |  | $ 0.01 us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare |
Sears Holding Corporation |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common stock, distribution basis for issued and outstanding shares |  |  |  | 0.300795 le_SpinoffTransactionDistributionofCommonSharesRatio / dei_LegalEntityAxis = le_SearsHoldingCorporationMember
Percentage of common stock outstanding distributed to shareholders |  |  | 100.00%le_CommonStockDistributionofOutstandingStockPercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = le_SearsHoldingCorporationMember |
Subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corp. |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dividends paid prior to distribution |  |  | $ 500,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiaryOfCommonParentMember |

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