Simple Shoes

{{short description|American footwear brand}}

{{Sources exist|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Simple Shoes

| logo = Simple Shoes logo.png

| type = Private

| industry = Footwear

| fate =

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| founded = {{Start date and age|1991|}} in California

| founder = Eric Meyer

| defunct =

| hq_location_city = Atlantic Highlands

| hq_location_country = United States

| areas_served = United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Europe

| key_people = Denis Ryan, Ash Scott, Phoebe Ryan, Seamus Ryan, Marcia Currie, Kathy Berger, Caroline Robles

| products =

| owner = Denis Ryan & Ash Scott

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| website = {{url|https://simpleshoes.com}}

}}

Simple Shoes, also known as Simple, is an American footwear brand created in 1991 by Eric Meyer, a California native. Simple was acquired by Deckers Outdoor Corporation in 1993, then closed by Deckers in 2011,{{Cite web|url=https://footwearnews.com/2011/business/news/deckers-shutters-simple-shoes-61721/|title=Deckers Shutters Simple Shoes|website=Footwear News|access-date=21 June 2011}} and subsequently acquired by Denis Ryan in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://footwearnews.com/2015/fashion/uncategorized/simple-shoes-kickstarter-campaign-35781/|title=Simple Shoes Relaunches for Fall '15 With Kickstarter Campaign|website=Footwear News|access-date=12 June 2015}} Sold to the Hurley family in 2020.