 The Marches, and the area around Macerata and Ascoli Piceno in particular are sprinkled of designer outlets, shop & factory stores selling handbags and wallets, excellent pottery and glass. With 2,700 shoe making factories that employ nearly 30,000 workers so it is small wonder that one of the world's most exclusive and famous shoes is produced here by Diego Della Valle, also owner of Fiorentina Football Club:his "gommino" Tod’s shoes along with his other two main brands – Fay and Hogan are stylish, comfortable, chic and very expensive and have become fashion icons. Shopping for a new pair of shoes (brands Cesare Paciotti, Loriblu, Tod's, Nero Giardini, Manas, Fornarina, Naturino and many more) for clothes (Prada, Tombolini, Genny and Byblos) for fashion jewels and watches (Brosway) for hats and caps (Sorbatti), for cachemere knitwear (Santa Lucia, Malagrida), for sportswear (Arena, Acquateam), for handbags, wallets and belts (Prada, Tommaso Candria, Piero Guidi, Nazareno Gabrielli) deserves a trip to the Marches. At factory outlets you will find exclusive designer items for half the boutique’s price, so if you are planning a trip to Italy and you are not into stunning scenery and artistic treasures, but just want to get surprising bargains on your shopping, then that is the right place to go!
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