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<TYPE>EX-24
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<FILENAME>ex_24.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know  all  by  these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints  each  of  Edward  R.  Rosenfeld and Arvind Dharia, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)  execute  for  and  on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity  as  an officer and/or director of Steven Madden, Ltd. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

      (2)  do  and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or
5,  complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

      (3)  take  any  other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing  that,  in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in  the  best  interest  of,  or  legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant  to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain  such  terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary,  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done  by  virtue  of  this  power  of  attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The  undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving  in  such  capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This  Power  of  Attorney  supersedes  and  replaces  all  prior powers of
attorney  executed  by  the  undersigned  for the purposes herein stated, all of
which  have  been  revoked  and are of no further force or effect. This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain  in  full  force  and effect until the undersigned is no
longer  required  to  file  Forms  3,  4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked  as  to  any  attorney-in-fact  by  the  undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 14th day of September, 2015.

                                                   /s/ Karla Frieders
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Signature

                                                   Karla Frieders
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Print Name

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