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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-06-006182.txt : 20060131
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-06-006182.hdr.sgml : 20060131
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060131113702
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-06-006182
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060131
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060131

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MASON KATHLEEN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001187699

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03083
		FILM NUMBER:		06564643

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MEN'S WEARHOUSE INC
		STREET 2:		5803 GLENMONT DRIVE
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77081

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENESCO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000018498
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-SHOE STORES [5661]
		IRS NUMBER:				620211340
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GENESCO PK 1415 MURFREESBORO RD
		CITY:			NASHVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37217
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6153677000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GENESCO PK 1415 MURFREESBORO RD
		CITY:			NASHVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37217
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc4.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-01-30</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000018498</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GENESCO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001187699</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MASON KATHLEEN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>GENESCO INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1415 MURFREESBORO ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NASHVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37217</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-01-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>536</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23381</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Grant of restricted stock under 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Roger G. Sisson, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.4_119310
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
 POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

James S. Gulmi and Roger G. Sisson or either of them the undersigned's
true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1) Execute for and on
behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director or
officer, as
defined in the rules under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of
1934, of Genesco Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

(2) Do
and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 4 or
5 and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and


(3) Take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorneys-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such
attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and
conditions as such attorneys-in-fact may approve in such

attorneys-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to
each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying
and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such
attorneys-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the right and power
herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 134.

This
Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
25th day of February,
1998.

KATHLEEN MASON
/s/ Kathleen Mason

Title: Director
</TEXT>
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