Check out the top shoe brands based in Italy for both men and women with our list. Ranked by popularity.*

#1

Gucci

Website: 29 ptsGoogle: 30 ptsInstagram: 33 ptsTwitter: 26 ptsFacebook: 30 ptsYouTube: 27 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Gucci is an Italian high-end luxury fashion house based in Florence, Italy. Its product lines include handbags, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and home decoration; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty, Inc. for fragrance and cosmetics under the name Gucci Beauty. [1]

Website 13m vists/mo [a] Google 100% Trends score [b] Instagram 50m followers Twitter 7.0m followers Facebook 21m followers YouTube 930k subscribers
#2

Dolce & Gabbana

Website: 22 ptsGoogle: 17 ptsInstagram: 31 ptsTwitter: 24 ptsFacebook: 29 ptsYouTube: 22 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Dolce & Gabbana, also known by initials D&G, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, and cosmetics and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear. [2]

Website 2.5m vists/mo [a] Google 57% Trends score [b] Instagram 29m followers Twitter 5.4m followers Facebook 13m followers YouTube 581k subscribers
#3

Versace

Website: 25 ptsGoogle: 20 ptsInstagram: 31 ptsTwitter: 24 ptsFacebook: 26 ptsYouTube: 21 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Gianni Versace S.r.l., usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian luxury fashion company founded by Gianni Versace in 1978 known for flashy prints and bright colors. The company produces Italian-made ready-to-wear and accessories, as well as haute couture under its Atelier Versace brand and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear. [3]

Website 5.9m vists/mo [a] Google 67% Trends score [b] Instagram 28m followers Twitter 5.3m followers Facebook 7.3m followers YouTube 504k subscribers
#4

Prada

Website: 26 ptsGoogle: 21 ptsInstagram: 31 ptsTwitter: 21 ptsFacebook: 27 ptsYouTube: 18 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Prada S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1913 in Milan by Mario Prada. It specializes in leather handbags, travel accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, and other fashion accessories. Prada licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear and L’Oréal for fragrances. [4]

Website 7.0m vists/mo [a] Google 70% Trends score [b] Instagram 31m followers Twitter 1.7m followers Facebook 7.7m followers YouTube 282k subscribers
#5

Emporio Armani

Website: 23 ptsGoogle: 13 ptsInstagram: 30 ptsTwitter: 23 ptsFacebook: 28 ptsYouTube: 16 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Emporio Armani is the second brand of the Armani family and features ready-to-wear and runway collections. Emporio Armani focuses on trends and modern traits. Also, Emporio Armani, along with Giorgio Armani, are the only two ready-to-wear brands that are mainly designed by Giorgio Armani himself, and has a spotlight at Milan Fashion Week every year while Armani Collezioni, Armani Jeans, and Armani Exchange do not. [5]

Website 4.0m vists/mo [a] Google 43% Trends score [b] Instagram 19m followers Twitter 3.5m followers Facebook 8.8m followers YouTube 196k subscribers
#6

Valentino

Website: 21 ptsGoogle: 18 ptsInstagram: 30 ptsTwitter: 21 ptsFacebook: 22 ptsYouTube: 15 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Valentino S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1960 by Valentino Garavani and part of Valentino Fashion Group. Valentino was founded in 1960 when Garavani opened a fashion house on Via Condotti in Rome, Italy with the backing of his father and his father's associate Giancarlo Giammetti. [6]

Website 1.8m vists/mo [a] Google 60% Trends score [b] Instagram 18m followers Twitter 2.3m followers Facebook 3.2m followers YouTube 104k subscribers
#7

Fendi

Website: 22 ptsGoogle: 16 ptsInstagram: 30 ptsTwitter: 19 ptsFacebook: 23 ptsYouTube: 16 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Fendi is an Italian luxury fashion house producing fur, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, fragrances, eyewear, timepieces and accessories. Founded in Rome in 1925, Fendi is known for its fur, fur accessories, and leather goods. Since 2001, Fendi has been part of the “Fashion & Leather Goods” division of French group LVMH. Its headquarters are in Rome, in the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana. [7]

Website 3.1m vists/mo [a] Google 53% Trends score [b] Instagram 20m followers Twitter 1.0m followers Facebook 3.5m followers YouTube 161k subscribers
#8

Moncler

Website: 23 ptsGoogle: 16 ptsInstagram: 24 ptsTwitter: 20 ptsFacebook: 22 ptsYouTube: 6 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Moncler S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house specialized in ready-to-wear outerwear headquartered in Milan, Italy. Since its start as a down jacket boutique, Moncler has expanded to design vests, raincoats, windbreakers, knitwear, leather goods, footwear, fragrance, and related accessories. [8]

Website 3.6m vists/mo [a] Google 53% Trends score [b] Instagram 5.2m followers Twitter 1.1m followers Facebook 3.0m followers YouTube 39k subscribers
#9

Giorgio Armani

Website: 23 ptsGoogle: 15 ptsInstagram: 23 ptsTwitter: 23 ptsFacebook: 15 ptsYouTube: 16 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Giorgio Armani is a high-end label specializing in men's and women's ready-to-wear, accessories, glasses, cosmetics, and perfumes. It is available only in Giorgio Armani boutiques, specialty clothiers and select high-end department stores. [9]

Note that this brand, Armani Exchange, and Emporio Armani are separate brands. This dillutes our populartiy scores a bit as they've got separate social media accounts for some of these Armani brands.

Website 4.0m vists/mo [a] Google 50% Trends score [b] Instagram 4.2m followers Twitter 3.5m followers Facebook 585k followers YouTube 196k subscribers
#10

Ferragamo

Website: 21 ptsGoogle: 15 ptsInstagram: 26 ptsTwitter: 14 ptsFacebook: 21 ptsYouTube: 6 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A., rebranded in September 2022 as Ferragamo, is an Italian luxury goods company headquartered in Florence. It specializes in designing and manufacturing footwear and leather goods, which together account for over 86% of its revenue. The remaining products include ready-to-wear, silk products, fashion accessories, and licensed eyewear, watches, and perfumes. It operates 447 mono-brand stores worldwide as of September 2022. [10]

Website 1.9m vists/mo [a] Google 50% Trends score [b] Instagram 6.9m followers Twitter 516k followers Facebook 2.0m followers YouTube 37k subscribers
#11

Diesel

Website: 22 ptsGoogle: 17 ptsInstagram: 22 ptsTwitter: 11 ptsFacebook: 24 ptsYouTube: 9 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Diesel S.p.A. is an Italian retail clothing company, located in Breganze, Italy. It sells denim and other clothing, footwear, and accessories. The clothing line has two different brands: Diesel and Diesel Black Gold. There is also a line for children, called Diesel Kid. The company is known for its surreal advertising campaigns. [11]

Website 2.5m vists/mo [a] Google 57% Trends score [b] Instagram 2.7m followers Twitter 204k followers Facebook 4.8m followers YouTube 62k subscribers
#12

Miu Miu

Website: 18 ptsGoogle: 15 ptsInstagram: 29 ptsTwitter: 12 ptsFacebook: 20 ptsYouTube: 13 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Miu Miu is an Italian high fashion women's clothing and accessory brand and a fully owned subsidiary of Prada. It is headed by Miuccia Prada and headquartered in Paris, France. [12]

Website 938k vists/mo [a] Google 50% Trends score [b] Instagram 9.9m followers Twitter 255k followers Facebook 1.4m followers YouTube 86k subscribers
#13

Moschino

Website: 15 ptsGoogle: 15 ptsInstagram: 29 ptsTwitter: 14 ptsFacebook: 21 ptsYouTube: 12 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Moschino is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1983 by Franco Moschino in Milan known for over-the-top, campy designs. The company specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, and fashion accessories. [13]

Website 648k vists/mo [a] Google 50% Trends score [b] Instagram 12m followers Twitter 534k followers Facebook 1.5m followers YouTube 78k subscribers
#14

Armani Exchange

Website: 20 ptsGoogle: 10 ptsInstagram: 22 ptsTwitter: 8 ptsFacebook: 21 ptsYouTube: 2 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

A|X Armani Exchange was launched in 1991 in the U.S. It retails fashion and lifestyle products and is known for its occasionally provocative ad campaigns. Inspired by street-chic culture and dance music, it is targeted as the more accessible Armani brand. [14]

Website 1.3m vists/mo [a] Google 33% Trends score [b] Instagram 2.5m followers Twitter 77k followers Facebook 2.2m followers YouTube 16k subscribers
#15

Tod's

Website: 18 ptsGoogle: 4 ptsInstagram: 21 ptsTwitter: 1 ptsFacebook: 20 ptsYouTube: 4 ptsMultiple: 1.00x

Tod's S.p.A., also known as Tod's Group, is an Italian company which produces luxury shoes and other leather goods. The company is majority controlled by the founding family Della Valle Family and is listed on the Italy's Milan Stock Exchange being part of the FTSE Italia Mid Cap index. [15]

Website 869k vists/mo [a] Google 13% Trends score [b] Instagram 2.3m followers Twitter 2k followers Facebook 1.2m followers YouTube 25k subscribers
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*To determine popularity and rank the items in this list, we created a scoring formula that compares:

  • Estimated monthly website vistors
  • Google searches last 12 months
  • Instagram followers
  • Twitter followers
  • Facebook followers
  • YouTube subscribers

The data in this list was updated between 2023-02-05 and 2023-02-08.

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[a] Estimated website visitors was gathered from Similarweb.
[b] Search data was gathered from Google Trends.
[1] Text from Wikipedia: Gucci. Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[2] Text from Wikipedia: Dolce & Gabbana. Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[3] Text from Wikipedia: Versace. Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[4] Text from Wikipedia: Prada. Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[5] Text from Wikipedia: Armani. Gotten 2023-02-06. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[6] Text from Wikipedia: Valentino (fashion house). Gotten 2023-02-06. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[7] Text from Wikipedia: Fendi. Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[8] Text from Wikipedia: Moncler. Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[9] Text from Wikipedia: Armani. Gotten 2023-02-06. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[10] Text from Wikipedia: Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.. Gotten 2023-02-06. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[11] Text from Wikipedia: Diesel (brand). Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[12] Text from Wikipedia: Miu Miu. Gotten 2023-02-05. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[13] Text from Wikipedia: Moschino. Gotten 2023-02-06. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[14] Text from Wikipedia: Armani. Gotten 2023-02-06. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
[15] Text from Wikipedia: Tod's. Gotten 2023-02-06. It is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.