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                   U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
             Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1949

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person

   Belfort           Jordan
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   (Last)            (First)            (Middle)

   500 North Broadway, Suite 240
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                     (Street)

   Jericho                NY            11753
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   (City)               (State)         (Zip)

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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   STEVEN MADDEN, LTD. (SHOO)

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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year

   September 1997

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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [X] 10% Owner
   [ ] Director
   [ ] Officer (give title below)
   [ ] Other (specify below)



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TABLE I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. - --------------------- -------- ---------- ------------------------------ ----------- ---------- ---------- Amount of Owner- Securities ship Trans- Trans- Securities Acquired (A) Beneficially Form: action action or Disposed of (D) Owned at Direct Nature of Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) End of (D) or Indirect Title of (Month/ (Instr. 8) ---------------------------- Month Indirect Beneficial Security Day/ ---------- Amount (A) or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - --------------------- -------- ---- ---- ----------- ------ --------- ----------- ---------- ---------- Common Stock 9/20/97 P 10,000 A 7.656 1,289,371(1) I See Footnote 2 Common Stock 9/23/97 P 5,000 A 8.00 1,289,371(1) I See Footnote 2 Common Stock 9/23/97 P 5,000 A 7.75 1,289,371(1) I See Footnote 2 Common Stock 9/24/97 P 5,000 A 7.375 1,289,371(1) I See Footnote 2 Common Stock 9/26/97 P 20,000 A 7.37 1,289,371(1) I See Footnote 2
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) Page 1 of 2 FORM 4 (continued)
TABLE II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. - ---------- -------- -------- -------- ---------- ------------ -------------- ------ ---------- --------- ---------- Title and Ownership Number of Date Exer- Amount of Form of Derivative cisable and Underlying Number of Deriv- Securities Expiration Securities Price Derivative ative Conver- Trans- Acquired (A) Date (Month/ (Instr. 3 of Securities Security: sion or Trans- action or Disposed Day/Year) and 4) Deriv- Benefi- Direct Exercise action Code of (D) -------------- -------------- ative cially (D) or Nature of Title of Price of Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, Date Amount Secur- Owned at Indirect Indirect Derivative Deriv- (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Exer- Expir- or Num- ity End of (I) Beneficial Security ative Day/ -------- ---------- cis- ation ber of (Instr. Month (Instr. Ownership (Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares 5) (Instr. 4) 4) (Instr. 4) - ---------- -------- -------- ---- --- ---- ---- ------- ----- ----- ------ ------ ---------- -------- ----------
Explanation of Responses: (1) This number includes 315,000 shares issuable upon exercise of the Units reported on the Form 3 filed by Mr. Belfort on September 17, 1997. (2) This shares were purchased by J2 Holdings, Incorporated, a New York corporation. Mr. Belfort is the president and sole shareholder of J2 Holdings. ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Jordan Belfort September 29, 1997 ---------------------------------------- -------------------- ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2 of 2