Form: 10-K405

Annual report [Sections 13 and 15(d), S-K Item 405]

EXHIBIT 23.1

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Exhibit 23.1



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Deckers Outdoor Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of Deckers Outdoor Corporation of our report dated February 12, 1997,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Deckers Outdoor Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995, and 1996, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996 which report appears in
the December 31, 1996, annual report on Form 10-K of Deckers Outdoor
Corporation.

KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Los Angeles, California
March 24, 1997