Acquisitions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Acquisitions [Abstract]
Acqusitions	Acquisitions Madlove, LLC In June 2016, the Company paid $3,665 to acquire the remaining minority interest in Madlove, LLC ("Mad Love") thereby making Mad Love a wholly-owned subsidiary. Mad Love was formed as a joint venture in April 2011, in which the Company was the majority interest holder, had financial control and consolidated the financial statements of the joint venture. Mad Love designs and markets women’s footwear under the Mad Love label. The Company has accounted for the acquisition of the minority interest as an equity transaction. SM Europe In April 2016, the Company formed a joint venture ("SM Europe") with SPM Shoetrade Holding B.V. through its subsidiary, Steve Madden Europe B.V. The Company is the majority interest holder in SM Europe and controls the joint venture. SM Europe is the exclusive distributor of the Company's products in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunisia. As the Company controls the joint venture and is the majority interest holder in SM Europe, the assets, liabilities and results of operations of SM Europe are included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. The other member's interest is reflected in “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests” in the Consolidated Statements of Income and “Noncontrolling interests” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Acquisitions

Madlove, LLC

In June 2016, the Company paid $3,665 to acquire the remaining minority interest in Madlove, LLC ("Mad Love") thereby making Mad Love a wholly-owned subsidiary. Mad Love was formed as a joint venture in April 2011, in which the Company was the majority interest holder, had financial control and consolidated the financial statements of the joint venture. Mad Love designs and markets women’s footwear under the Mad Love label. The Company has accounted for the acquisition of the minority interest as an equity transaction.

SM Europe

In April 2016, the Company formed a joint venture ("SM Europe") with SPM Shoetrade Holding B.V. through its subsidiary, Steve Madden Europe B.V. The Company is the majority interest holder in SM Europe and controls the joint venture. SM Europe is the exclusive distributor of the Company's products in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunisia. As the Company controls the joint venture and is the majority interest holder in SM Europe, the assets, liabilities and results of operations of SM Europe are included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. The other member's interest is reflected in “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests” in the Consolidated Statements of Income and “Noncontrolling interests” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.