Inside The Life Of Steve Madden

The footwear mogul rhapsodises free on his style idols, shoe secrets, and his SS17 line-up...

- Saumyaa Vohra

Cosmo: When you were younger, what inspired you to design?

Steve Madden: “Everyone in my family was considerably older than me, and much of my early information came from my brothers and my parents. The Beatles had an enormous effect on me, even though I was only six when they came to the US. Music in general has inspired me throughout my life. Terry de Havilland, who designed platforms in the ’70s, was also a big part of why I chose to design.” 

C: If you have to describe the Steve Madden aesthetic in a sentence, it’d be...

SM: “Our aesthetic is edgy, cool, yet approachable and affordable.”