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Debt - Additional Information (Detail)			3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement	Mar. 31, 2015 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Multi-currency Borrowings USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Amended and Restated Credit Agreement	Jan. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility Amended and Restated Credit Agreement USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Amended and Restated Credit Agreement At any time any Term Loan is outstanding or at any time no Term Loan is outstanding and availability under the Revolving Credit Facility is less than $17.5 million and continuing until availability of at least $20.0 million is maintained for three consecutive months, the Company is required to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.10 to 1.00 for each of four consecutive fiscal quarter periods.	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Amended and Restated Credit Agreement At each fiscal quarter end in 2015	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Amended and Restated Credit Agreement At each fiscal quarter end thereafter; provided that for any fiscal quarter ending on September 30 of any year, the maximum Senior Leverage Ratio specified above shall be increased by an additional 0.25:1.00	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Minimum	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Minimum Amended and Restated Credit Agreement USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Revolving Credit Facility Maximum	Mar. 31, 2015 Term Loan USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Term Loan USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Other than certain subordinated indebtedness USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 HSBC Facility USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 HSBC Facility CNY
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, maturity date			2019-01
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 175,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember		$ 40,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lcut_MultiCurrencyLineOfCreditMember											$ 35,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_OtherIndebtednessMember	$ 2,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_HsbcFacilityMember	18,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_HsbcFacilityMember
New Term Loan facility									50,000,000us-gaap_SecuredDebt / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lcut_AmendedAndRestatedCreditFacilityMember
Open letters of credit					1,900,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember	2,300,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Outstanding borrowing under credit facility	480,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit	765,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit			85,300,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember	92,700,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember										42,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_TermLoanMember	45,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_TermLoanMember		480,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_HsbcFacilityMember	3,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_HsbcFacilityMember
Availability under revolving credit facility					55,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity terms					The borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility depends, in part, on eligible levels of accounts receivable and inventory that fluctuate regularly and certain trademark values based upon periodic appraisals, and may be lower in the first and second quarters when the Company's inventory level is lower due to seasonality.
Percentage of capital stock of foreign subsidiaries pledged as collateral					65.00%lcut_PercentageOfCapitalStockOfForeignSubsidiariesPledgedAsCollateral / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Interest rates on outstanding borrowings													2.125%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember		4.6875%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember				6.28%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_HsbcFacilityMember	6.28%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = lcut_HsbcFacilityMember
Percentage of line of credit facility unused capacity commitment fee													0.375%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Credit facility terms								The Credit Agreement provides for customary restrictions and events of default. Restrictions include limitations on additional indebtedness, acquisitions, investments and payment of dividends, among other things. Further, the Credit Agreement provides that at any time any Term Loan is outstanding or at any time no Term Loan is outstanding and availability under the Revolving Credit Facility is less than $17.5 million and continuing until availability of at least $20.0 million is maintained for three consecutive months, the Company is required to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.10 to 1.00 for each of four consecutive fiscal quarter periods. The Credit Agreement also provides that when the Term Loan is outstanding, the Company is required to maintain a Senior Leverage Ratio within defined parameters not to exceed 4.00 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter ending during 2015; and 3.25 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter ending thereafter.
Minimum availability under revolving credit to maintain minimum fixed charge ratio for four consecutive months				17,500,000lcut_MinimumAmountOfBorrowingAvailabilityUnderRevolvingCreditFacility / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lcut_AmendedAndRestatedCreditFacilityMember
Minimum availability under revolving credit to maintain minimum fixed charge ratio for three consecutive months														$ 20,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lcut_AmendedAndRestatedCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Fixed charge coverage ratio minimum										110.00%lcut_FixedChargesCoverageRatioMinimum / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lcut_AmendedAndRestatedCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = lcut_ScenarioFourMember
Senior leverage ratio											400.00%lcut_SeniorLeverageRatio / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lcut_AmendedAndRestatedCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = lcut_ScenarioFiveMember
Increase in senior leverage ratio												325.00%lcut_ChangeInIncrementsInLeverageRatio / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lcut_AmendedAndRestatedCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = lcut_ScenarioSixMember

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Minimum availability under revolving credit for three consecutive months to avoid debt covenant.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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