My husband always has a baseball hat on his head. Obvious reason is because he's bald. He does take it off when we enter a restaurant, thank goodness for that. I told him that people in Paris probably do not wear baseball hats on their heads while visiting. He said, "of course they do", so I'm asking, do they wear baseball caps or not. Will he look like a real tourist with a cap on his head?

"Will he look like a real tourist with a cap on his head?"

Completely. Unless, perhaps, he's 15.

Many visiting Americans and Parisienne baseball players (of which there are mercifully very few) wear baseball hats in Paris.

He'll look like a tourist in Paris and a big kid everywhere else...Suze, tell him to buy a nice cap and he'll fit right in

What about Parisians?

"Make the ultimate sacrifice. This is the thing I find hardest to do, but I steel myself and leave the Red Sox cap at home." (from this Sunday's Boston Globe by Richard P. Carpenter "Fanny pack? Gawking at a map? A thousand times no!&quot

Will he look like a tourist without a cap? No doubt. Is he a tourist? I'm guessing that he'll look like a real tourist either way.

sshephard is totally correct. He will look like w tourist if he wears a ball cap. He will look like a tourist if he doesn't.

Decide which battles are worth fighting. Don't mess w/ him wearing his security blanket - After he is in Paris he may decide on his own how dorky it looks . . . . .

Do Parisians wear baseball caps - of course not - why ever would they?

Do bald American men in Paris wear baseball caps - yes, all the time.

Do they look silly - no sillier than they do in the US.

I don't think any male over 25 should wear a baseball cap (unless, of course, they're playing baseball). And no one should ever wear one backwards.

First of all, some of the best looking men I know are bald. And it's tres fashionable these days. Look at that gorgeous football player who was on Dancing with the Stars! Second, hats are so much fun and so interesting these days -- why doesn't he get something a bit more grown-up but still fun and funky? Hats, yes. Baseball caps, no.

Along the same lines...I read some posting that said that noone wears sneakers and sweats in Paris...

Is there really a dress code to worry about?

My husband is bald. Being bald makes you more susceptable to skin cancer on the top of your head. He is uncomfortable in any kind of hat. For a long time he tried to get away with sunscreen spray on his head but after some skin cancer removal, he has no choice. I still have to remind him not to forget his hat.

He hates wearing a basball cap but he does. He will wear it in San Francisco and he will wear it in Paris. Let's see...do I want him to look fashionable or live longer and avoid more cancer? Hmmmm. Not a very hard decision.

He has lovely basball caps - off white with Nautica Symbol, light blue with a Polo Pony, tan with Tommy Bahama symbol, etc. to go with different colored shirts - Ralph Lauren shirts, Faconable shirts, Tommy Bahama shirts, etc.

I hate to break it to you but I have been to Paris 8 times and each time I have noticed an awful lot of NYC baseball caps. Yes, the older men wear 'hats' but my husband looks dorky in one and it doesn't suit him.

No, he doesn't wear it to dinner when the sun is down but if the sun is out, hat on head. Not wearing a fanny pack is not life threatening but not wearing a hat just might shorten his life. Let's see... Do we want to be fashionable or do we want to be ALIVE.

Will he look like an AMERICAN? Probably. DO I CARE? NO.

Why would you care what other people think...I have no compulsions whatsoever walking around in Paris in my tourist uniform...a clean T shirt, blue jeans, sneakers and a baseball cap...I haven't been thrown out of any museum or any restaurant which I would want to eat at yet....do people talk about me behind my back? I don't know...maybe they do..maybe they don't...you know something, I'm never going to see those people again so I don't give a damn.

As far as looking like a tourist, I would suppose he is walking around with a camera, right? Believe me, people will know he (and you) are tourists a kilometer away.

A baseball cap is fine in Paris. Parisians are more tolerant than Fodorites.

i wear a baseball cap because I am an athletic guy and also because I grew up in the country on a farm and all the guys hairless or not wore caps. that being said, I did purchase a leather cap in the SteinMart mens department that had a real european chic about it to wear this past November in europe...i found one that was waterproof as well as stylish and it came in very handy on certain cool drizzly/rainy days as well as providing protection from sun and glare...enjoy!

So your husbands is concerned about not looking like a Parisian, doesn't he? I suggest the ultimate solution: http://www.souvenirsofparis.com/caps/french-beret.htm
Preferably in black. An old cigarette butt would add a killer effect ;-)

Actually, as surprising as it might sound, some Parisians are actually fairly sophisticated people who realize that people do dress differently in other cultures, and that something like a baseball-style cap is not the work of satan. Of course there are limits to how far someone should go in wearing their own culture's fashions in another country, but I don't think a baseball cap will cause much of a stir in Paris--even on someone over the age of 15.

I have seen quite a few young men on the Metro and in the neighborhoods wearing baseball caps--almost always with a U.S. team insignia. And they almost invariably speak French, sounding like native speakers. And almost none of them looks over age 30. So if your husband "a moins que 30 ans" and speaks fluent, unaccented French he will blend right in. But, as many have written, why care? You and he will look and sound like tourists anyhow.

I sometimes wear a baseball style cap to protect my face from the sun. I am a woman!
I say where what you always wear. I would wear one in NYC, so why not in Paris?
If you feel he will be a target for crime, don't let him carry any money

I am very american looking no matter what I will wear so I don't think wearing sneakers or caps will make difference.
Enjoy. We will be there soon as well. I will be the one wearing the baseball hat on a sunny day!

Who cares?