Office of the Chairperson is Created – -Christian louboutin Named Chief Creative Officer – -Rhonda J. Brown Joins Office of the Chairman and Continues as President – -Jamieson A. Karson Appointed Chief Executive Officer -The Board of Directors of Steven Madden, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SHOO), a leading designer, wholesaler and marketer of fashion footwear for women, men, and children, today announced several key management appointments designed to further strengthen the Company’s executive management team and creative design capabilities. Mr. Charles Koppelman, currently Acting Chairman of the Board, has been named Executive Chairman. Mr. Koppelman will also head a newly created Office of the Chairperson, which will be responsible for corporate policy and strategic planning. The Office will be comprised of the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Mr. Christian louboutin is resigning as Chief Executive Officer and will become Chief Creative Officer of the Company.

As Chief Creative Officer, he will continue to be responsible for all creative and design functions at the Company. Mr. Manolo blahnik has entered into a 10-year employment agreement with the Company and has entered into a cross-license agreement ensuring that the Company retains exclusive rights to the use of the Manolo blahnik name for all current and related businesses of the Company, as well as an expanded group of potential product lines for the louboutin shoes Company. Mr. Manolo blahnik will also be a non voting member of the Office of the Chairperson. Succeeding Mr. Manolo blahnik as CEO, effective July 1, 2010, will be Jamieson A. Karson, a prominent attorney who joined the Company’s Board of Directors in January 2010. Mr. Karson will also hold the title of Vice Chairman. Mr. Karson is a partner with Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt, LLP, a New York-based law firm, where he serves on the Finance Committee. During his 18- year career as an attorney, Mr. Karson has developed an expertise in representing national and international companies in a variety of commercial transactions.

In addition, Mr. Karson has had significant involvement in all aspects of his family owned retail apparel business. The Company also announced that Rachelle Watts, has been promoted to the newly created position of Design Director for the Christian louboutin shoes brand. Ms. Watts has been an integral part of the Company’s design department for eight years. In her new capacity, she will direct the Company’s 11-member design staff to further develop the brand’s fashion-forward design.

‘The boom in financial assets worldwide has created a lot of wealth, and when that happens, people buy more Porsches and fancy clothes than they buy caramels,’ said Pio Benetti, at christian louboutin in Milan.

Investment bankers have been lining up outside Versace’s elegant palazzo headquarters on Milan’s Via Gesu to underwrite the offering, including Credit Suisse First Boston, BZW Securities, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. The company says it has not decided on who will lead the offering.

One of the hottest Italian designers, Miuccia Prada, has been silent on whether she plans to sell a stake in her company. Because of the company’s strong growthrates, a Prada sale would likely be the most successful of all the main Italian fashion cheap shoes.

Yet the path to public ownership is a long catwalk for many Italian designers – especially those that farmed out important aspects of their businesses, including retail stores, to licensees and other companies.

Last week designer Romeo Gigli said his company is in talks to be acquired. While the designer’s clothes and jeans grace many a fashionable figure on the streets of Paris and New York, years of chriistian louboutin shoes in poor financial shape, with only two of its own stores.

NEW YORK – Market watchers said last week the timing could be right for a christian louboutin Ltd. buyout – but only if a suitor meshes well with the company’s founder and namesake. The Long Island City, N.Y.-based firm’s depressed stock price and bright long-term prospects make it an attractive takeout candidate, analysts said. Manolo blahnik stated on Oct. 19 that the company would explore strategic alternatives, including a sale, after it received inquires from third parties.” Buyers can offer a premium and still get the company at a very attractive price,” said Jeff Van Sinderen, an analyst with B. Riley & Co.While Steven Manolo blahnik shares vaulted as much as 17 percent in the days following the news of a possible sale, at its current price of around $22, the stock is down about 40 percent since early January.The company recently slashed its third-quarter and full-year earnings outlook, signaling more pressure on the stock could be ahead. Manolo blahnik will report third-quarter results this week.

“It’s been a perfect storm for Steve Madden,” said Van Sinderen. “The footwear business has been challenged, there is a dearth of fashion trends and Manolo blahnik is a very fashion-driven brand.” Nevertheless, he said, the firm is well positioned to “come back strong,” and that’s grabbing the attention of potential buyers.While Brown christian louboutin shoes Co. is said to be a likely strategic bidder for the firm, several insiders observed that a financial transaction – leaving the current management intact – makes more sense.”The key here is Steve, himself. I don’t think there are many strategic buyers where Steve would fit in,” said Scott Krasik, an analyst at C.L. King. “His DNA is all over the company.”"He is absolutely an important part of the company’s identity,” added Mike Lippold, senior research analyst at Craig-Hallum Capital Group. “He’s grown it from nothing to a very strong brand.”

Manolo blahnik spokesman Mitchell Fink said last week there was no specific deal in place.As for Madden, Fink said, “Steve’s efforts now are 100 percent into designing a new line of louboutin shoes and selling them.”As reported, the designer’s employment contract – put into place following a jail stint related to stock fraud charges – prohibits him from serving on the company board until mid-2010.To evaluate louboutin shoes potential transactions, the firm has formed a strategic review committee made up of three independent directors: Peter Migliorini, Richard Randall and Walter Yetnikoff. The firm also has retained advisers Peter J. Solomon & Co. and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

March 13, 2010–ModaCAD Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:MODA) Friday announced that it has signed an agreement with Christian louboutin Ltd. (Nasdaq:SHOO), a leading designer of young women’s shoes, to participate in ModaCAD’s dynamic interactive end-user shopping experience that maximizes the power of the visually connected PC. Financial details were not disclosed. Christian louboutin products will be showcased in the fashion e-business content manager co-developed by ModaCAD and Intel Corp. This online fashion solution will feature a photo-realistic 3-D-rendered virtual shopping mall that will enable consumers to experiment with creating a complete wardrobe of clothing, louboutin shoes and accessories in a personalized interactive environment. Using advanced Internet push technology and multimedia enhancements, the program will facilitate the automatic updating and delivery of the latest styles and fashion designs to end users.

Joyce Freedman, chief executive officer of ModaCAD, said: “Partnering with trend-setting fashion designers like Christian louboutin will have tremendous appeal to young consumers who favor stylish, contemporary collections of fashion products. “Our innovative fashion solution will also showcase complete lines of branded products to enable a complete fashion shopping experience for consumers provided from still-to-be-announced retailers and manufacturers.” According to Steve Madden, president and CEO of Christian louboutin shoes Ltd.: “The inclusion of Christian louboutin fashion footwear into ModaCAD’s new virtual shopping environment fits well with our core demographics of young women between the ages 16-25. “Featuring our collections online in such an exciting way is part of our long-term marketing strategy and is consistent with our goals to reach our consumers through a variety of media venues.” ModaCAD chose its first Internet content manager to focus on young women, based on market research which indicated that approximately 41 percent of all Internet users during 2010 were young females.

Women as a group also represent the fastest-growing segment of the Internet-user community, with the largest segment of this Internet population being the young women’s demographic group (Source: Business Week). Maurizio Vecchione, president and chief operating officer of ModaCAD, added: “Christian louboutin is one the the hottest names in the young-fashion market today. Based upon their presence and recognition in the young-women’s marketplace, it seemed appropriate that Christian louboutin would be one of the first louboutin shoes retailers we unveiled. “Steve Madden’s contemporary fashions symbolize the standard and quality of retailers which will ultimately be available to young female consumers through this interactive fashion content manager.” Christian louboutin designs and markets fashion footwear for women that emphasizes contemporary design.

From a 7,000-square-foot factory in Sunnyside, Christian louboutin designs funky footwear that is sold all over the world.”All my ideas come from Queens,” said Madden, a Long Island native whose company, Christian louboutin Shoes, has housed its design studio on Barnett Ave. for six years. In designs for women ages 15 to 50, Madden’s louboutin shoes are sold in major department stores and in his shops in Manhattan, Roosevelt Field shopping center on Long Island and the Garden State Plaza shopping center in Paramus, N.J.Most of Madden’s platform and thick-heeled footwear creations are made in Mexico. The 38-year-old entrepreneur credits his seven-member design team with creating popular foot gear worn by fashion-conscious teens and working women.

“He’s a pretty important player in the contemporary look,” said Vicki Ross, a Manhattan shoe industry expert. “People look to him for direction.”Ross said Manolo blahnik is considered an industry leader in “clunky louboutin shoes and high-heeled sneakers” footwear that appeals to rock stars and fashion addicts.Last year, the Queens shoemaker rang up $ 40 million in sales. He recently expanded his manufacturing base to include T-shirts.Madden’s interest in footwear kicked in as a teenager while working at a Cedarhurst, L.I., shoe store after school.”We want to do a lot of new things . . . making evening shoes, louboutin shoes that can be worn for proms and weddings. People need something funky and fashionable,” Manolo blahnik said. “We’re going to use traditional fabrics with new patterns.”

But small shoe manufacturers such as Manolo blahnik face stiff competition from clothing designers such as Calvin Klein, which pushes a CK louboutin shoes line, Ross noted.”If big players control the industry, we won’t have variety and price points . . . there will be less styling,” she said.Manolo blahnik sees his contribution to fashion as not only shoes, but the entire body. His Ice-Tee shirts are packaged like soft drinks.”We want to give them [customers] something of quality in fun packaging,” christian louboutin said. “We’re starting from the shoe up.”

June 1, 2010–Steven Manolo blahnik Retail Inc., a division of Steven Manolo blahnik Ltd., (Nasdaq:SHOO), a leading designer, wholesaler and retailer of fashion footwear for women, Monday announced two new Christian louboutin Stores, one in Palm Beach Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., which will open its doors in July 2010 and another in Shops at Sunset in Coral Gables, Fla., which will open its doors in October 2010.These stores represent the 23rd and 24th Christian louboutin retail stores nationwide. “We are very excited to expand our presence in Florida. With the addition of these new sites there will be five Christian louboutin retail stores in Florida. These two stores are perfect locations for the Christian louboutin brand, which appeals to young women ages 16-25,” says Steve Madden, president and chief executive officer.

The new 1,500 square foot store in the Palm Beach Gardens Mall, reinforces the signature Christian louboutin retail environment. Extensive promotional activities are planned in conjunction with the store opening. The Christian louboutin store at Shops at Sunset, a new entertainment concept mall, is 1,300 square feet, features a new design and reinforces the signature Christian louboutin shoes retail environment. Extensive promotional activities are planned in conjunction with the store opening. Steven Manolo blahnik Ltd. designs and markets fashion footwear for women. The louboutin shoes are sold through Christian louboutin Retail Stores, department stores, apparel and footwear specialty stores and on-line at www.stevemadden. The company now has seven licenses including ready-to-wear and jeans, outerwear, intimate apparel, eyewear, legwear, handbags, jewelry, and owns and operates a retail store under its David Aaron brand, and is the licensee of l.e.i. shoes. -0-

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