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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency gain/loss	$ (1,400,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized	$ (258,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized	$ (415,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized
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Advertising expenses	1,600,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	800,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	800,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
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Maximum
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Highly liquid instruments which are considered cash and cash equivalent, maturity period	3 months
Wal Mart Stores Inc | Net sales | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of net sales	16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = lcut_WalMartStoresIncMember	15.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = lcut_WalMartStoresIncMember	16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = lcut_WalMartStoresIncMember
Building and Improvement | Minimum
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment depreciated over estimated useful lives	30 years
Machinery, Furniture and Equipment | Minimum
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment depreciated over estimated useful lives	3 years
Machinery, Furniture and Equipment | Maximum
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment depreciated over estimated useful lives	10 years

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