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Commitments, Contingencies and Other
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments, Contingencies and Other
Commitments, Contingencies and Other
Legal proceedings:

As previously disclosed, on February 2, 2012, two individuals purporting to be stockholders of the Company commenced separate civil actions in the Supreme Court of New York, Queens County, Mark Ioffe, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant Steven Madden, Ltd. v. Steven Madden, et. al, No. 700188-2012 (the “Ioffe Action”) and Catherine L. Phillips, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant Steven Madden, Ltd. v. Steven Madden, et. al, No. 700189-2012 (together with the Ioffe Action, the “Actions”). The Actions asserted derivative claims challenging the decision of the Company's Board of Directors in January 2012 to amend Steven Madden's employment agreement dated July 15, 2005, and amended as of December 14, 2009 and to amend the promissory note setting forth Mr. Madden's obligations in respect of a loan made by the Company to Mr. Madden in 2007 and amended in 2009 and claimed, among other things, that the Board violated its duties of loyalty and good faith by approving the amendments. The Actions also asserted claims of unjust enrichment against Mr. Madden. The Company and the other defendants filed a motion for dismissal of the Actions, which was granted by the court on September 13, 2012. The plaintiffs did not file a notice of appeal with respect to the dismissal of the Actions and the time period for filing an appeal expired.

On or about May 17, 2013, a law firm purporting to represent Mark Ioffe served a demand letter on the Company's Board of Directors (the “Demand Letter”). The allegations in the Demand Letter are substantively the same as the claims made in the Actions in which the Court entered a judgment of dismissal. The Demand Letter provides that should the Board of Directors fail to take the actions demanded within a reasonable period of time or refuse to take such actions, Mr. Ioffe would commence a shareholder derivative action on behalf of the Company. In response to the Demand Letter, the Board of Directors has formed a special committee consisting of Board members, Richard P. Randall, Peter Migliorini and Ravi Sachdev, to, among other things, investigate and evaluate the various demands, allegations and requests for action contained in the Demand Letter. The special committee is currently conducting an investigation into the matters raised in the Demand Letter and has retained independent counsel to assist and advise it in connection with its investigation and evaluation.

The Company has been named as a defendant in certain other lawsuits in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, after consulting with legal counsel, the liabilities, if any, resulting from these matters should not have a material effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations. It is the policy of management to disclose the amount or range of reasonably possible losses in excess of recorded amounts.