Men Italian Dress Shoes

Great Italian Shoe Makers and their Factory Outlets

It’s a little known fact that many high end Italian shoe makers have their factories in Le Marche region.

The beautiful countryside around Montegranaro and Fermo is scattered with innumerable small factories dedicated to the production of some of the best Italian shoes and designer bags.

So far shoe outlet shopping was rather time consuming because the spacci aziendali or factory outlets were not grouped in a mall but dispersed in the rolling hills of Le Marche countryside.

In our latest shoe hunting expedition we discovered that just in front of the Tod’s monumental outlet, a modern and attractive group of factory outlets is opening their doors to the public.

This factory outlet mall is dominated by the huge Prada outlet that is definitely worth visiting, but we also loved the Pollini and Lanciotti de’ Verzi men dress shoes.

Despite the difficult and rather pretentious name of the latter one, their dress shoes and booths were very reasonable priced and beautifully crafted.

For more casual shoes our favorite outlet turned out to be GianRos for the hand sewn, feather light, elegant moccasins and loafers.

After shopping, to cool off the credit cards, we visited the stunning church of Santa Maria a Pie’ di Chienti locally known as Chiesa dell’Annunziata, located just on the other side of the SS77 road.

The serene beauty of this Romanesque building dominates and characterizes the square of the Monte Cosaro village.

Directions to the Outlets:

From the A14 (Autostrada Adriatica) take the SS 77, at the Civitanova Marche Ovest exit. Take the first exit, Montecosaro and follow the SP8 (Strada Brancadoro). Follow the signs to Tod’s Factory Oulet at your right.
At left you can see a map. To zoom in or out click on th + or - signs.