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FILED AS OF DATE:		20210527
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210527

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000913241
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOTWEAR, (NO RUBBER) [3140]
		IRS NUMBER:				133588231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23702
		FILM NUMBER:		21968569

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52-16 BARNETT AVE
		CITY:			LONG ISLAND CITY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11104
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7184461800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52-16 BARNETT AVENUE
		CITY:			LONG ISLAND CITY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11104

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MADDEN STEVEN LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931008
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES</B></FONT></P>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>

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D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Specialized
Disclosure Report</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 24pt"><B>STEVEN MADDEN,
LTD.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    Barnett Avenue, Long Island City, New York</FONT></TD>
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the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;Rule
13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.l3p-l) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Section
1 -&nbsp;Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Introduction</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the <B>&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;</B>) adopted Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to implement
reporting and disclosure requirements related to &ldquo;conflict minerals&rdquo; pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Rule 13p-1 imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registered issuers that manufacture
or contract to manufacture products in which conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of the products. Conflict
minerals are defined by the SEC as gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, including their derivatives, which
are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten for purposes of the rule (collectively, the <B>&ldquo;Conflict Minerals&rdquo;</B>). For products
that contain necessary Conflict Minerals, the registrant must conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry designed to
determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals contained in its products originated or may have originated in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the <B>&ldquo;Covered Countries&rdquo;</B>) and may contribute to or finance militant
groups in the region. If, based on such inquiry, the registrant knows or has reason to believe that any of the necessary Conflict Minerals
contained in its products originated or may have originated in a Covered Country and knows or has reason to believe that those necessary
Conflict Minerals may not be solely from recycled or scrap sources, the registrant must conduct due diligence to conclude whether the
necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the products did or did not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered
Countries. Products that do not contain necessary Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the
Covered Countries are considered &ldquo;DRC Conflict Free.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The disclosure for the year ended December 31, 2020 is presented in this report to comply with Rule 13p-1. Numerous terms in this Form SD are defined in the SEC&rsquo;s instructions to Form SD and in SEC Release No. 34-67716 issued by the SEC on August 22, 2012, and the reader is referred to these documents for applicable definitions.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure
and Report</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Company Overview</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Steven Madden, Ltd.
and its subsidiaries (collectively, the <B>&ldquo;Company&rdquo;</B> or <B>&ldquo;SML&rdquo;</B>, and also referred to by <B>&ldquo;we&rdquo;</B>,
<B>&ldquo;us&rdquo;</B> or <B>&ldquo;our&rdquo;</B>) design, source, market and sell fashion-forward name brand and private label footwear
for women, men and children and name brand and private label fashion handbags, apparel and accessories. We also license some of our trademarks
for use in connection with the manufacture, marketing and sale of various products by third party licensees. We market our products through
our retail stores and our e-commerce websites within the United States, Canada, Mexico, our joint ventures in Europe, South Africa, China,
Taiwan and Israel, as well as better department stores, major department stores, mid-tier department stores, specialty stores, luxury
retailers, value-priced retailers, national chains, mass merchants, online retailers and catalog retailers throughout the United States,
Canada, Mexico, and certain European nations. In addition, we have special distribution arrangements for the marketing of our products
in Spain, Italy, Australia, the Middle East, India, South and Central America, New Zealand and Singapore. We do not manufacture products;
rather, we contract with vendors to have them manufacture products for us. We do not directly purchase raw materials or component parts
for our products. Many of our products are made with component parts, such as zippers, buttons and working buckles, that are necessary
to the functionality of the products. These component parts are made of metal and, in some cases, may contain Conflict Minerals. Our
vendors that manufacture our products generally purchase these component parts from other third-party vendors. In light of this, we rely
on our direct vendors to provide information on the origin of the Conflict Minerals, if any, contained in components and materials included
in some of our products, including sources of Conflict Minerals that have been supplied to them from lower tier suppliers.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Overview of SML&rsquo;s Conflict
Minerals Program and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In 2020, SML undertook a number of steps to determine whether any of the products that we contracted to be manufactured for us included components or materials that contained Conflict Minerals in order to assess the applicability to the Company of Rule 13p-1. These steps included (i) the continuous education of certain of our employees about Conflict Minerals and of our reporting obligation; (ii) identifying our vendors for products that could contain Conflict Minerals; (iii) communicating our vendor compliance manual, which contains Conflict Minerals compliance requirements for our suppliers, and obtaining Conflict Minerals compliance commitments from our vendors; (iv) educating our vendors about the Conflict Minerals reporting obligation; (v) requesting information from our vendors regarding the Conflict Minerals content of the products and/or components that they provide; and (vi) collecting and analyzing the information from our vendors.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As noted above, we have developed a Conflict Minerals Policy, incorporated in our Vendor Compliance Manual, and implemented procedures for supply chain diligence relating to Conflict Minerals. Our policy with respect to Conflict Minerals is as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 37.4pt 0 0.25in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Conflict
Minerals</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 37.4pt 0 0.25in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>SML expects all of our Vendors to purchase the components used in our products and the materials utilized in the production of our products from legitimate sources not involved in the funding of conflict. In particular, SML expects all of its Vendors, in full compliance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, to avoid the use of &ldquo;conflict minerals&rdquo;, specifically, tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold, which may directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries. This requirement shall also be incorporated by reference into all purchase orders issued by SML, where the Vendor will warrant that all minerals are conflict free, based on personal knowledge and/or written warranties provided by the vendor/supplier of component materials.</I></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Our vendors must acknowledge their receipt and understanding of the Conflict Minerals Policy by executing an acknowledgement and agreement to such effect and returning it to us. Additionally, as noted therein, the Conflict Minerals Policy is incorporated into all purchase orders issued by SML and requires that the vendor warrant that all minerals are conflict free based on personal knowledge and/or written warranties provided by the vendor/supplier of component materials.</FONT></P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Further, for calendar year 2020, we  undertook a supply-chain survey of direct relevant vendors, including a reasonable country of origin inquiry, whereby such vendors were asked to complete and execute one of two certifications or contact appropriate members of management if they were not able to complete and execute one of the two certifications. The vendors were asked to certify that, based upon their knowledge of the products that they manufacture for us and their inquiry of all of their suppliers of component parts for SML products, either (i) none of the products that they manufacture for us contains any Conflict Minerals or (ii) none of such Conflict Minerals are sourced from any Covered Country or such Conflict Minerals are from recycled or scrap sources. In addition, for those vendors that state that they do supply products that contain Conflict Minerals, we require a completed Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition-Global eSustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&ldquo;reporting template&rdquo;) to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in a Covered Country and whether any of the Conflict Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. We have engaged with vendors through oral and written communications, as necessary, in order to encourage and facilitate cooperation and response.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Conclusion Based on Reasonable
Country of Origin Inquiry</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Based upon our review of the certifications, reporting templates and other communications with our vendors, we have concluded in good faith that during 2020, based on the reasonable country of origin inquiry, we have no reason to believe that any of the Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of any of our products may have originated in any of the Covered Countries or were not solely from recycled or scrap sources, and as such, we believe that our products are &ldquo;DRC Conflict Free.&rdquo; Furthermore, we have not identified any indicator or other risks that lead us to believe that any of the Conflict Minerals in our products could be sourced from the Covered Countries, and we consider that it is reasonable to rely upon the representations of our vendors.</FONT></P>





<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">We have provided
the above-referenced information on our website at&nbsp;<U>www.stevemadden.com</U>&nbsp;under the heading &ldquo;Conflict Minerals
Disclosure&rdquo; in the Governance section on the Investor Relations page.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Our success in making determinations about the presence of Conflict Minerals in our products depends upon numerous factors, including the respective due diligence efforts of our vendors and their supply chain as well as their willingness to provide requested information, representations and certifications. Our inability to obtain reliable information from any party in our supply chain could have a material impact on our ability to report on the presence of Conflict Minerals with accuracy. There can be no assurance that our vendors will continue to cooperate with our information inquiries and requests for certifications or provide reliable and timely documentation or other evidence that we require to enable us to make our own reasonable determinations.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
1.02 Exhibit</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not required.</FONT></P>

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2 -&nbsp;Exhibits</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 2.01 Exhibits</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 22.5pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized
undersigned.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">STEVEN MADDEN,
    LTD.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date: May 27,
    2021</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    Zine Mazouzi</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:
                                         Zine Mazouzi</FONT></P>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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