I know that wearing t-shirts with words on them is not fashionable in Paris. But I want to have them at home. Do they sell Paris t-shirts and where is a good place to buy them?

Hi yc,

The book stalls along the Seine near the Notre Dame sell souvenir t-shirts.

At most of the shops selling souvenirs!You will find nice ones behind the Louvre (Right bank) and just across Notre Dame (Left bank)

We bought our Paris t-shirts at one of the little kiosks across from the Louvre. They're everywhere...loads of shops in the Latin quarter, kiosks by the Eiffel tower - wherever tourists go, you'll find them. We only bought t-shirts for our daughters, but I love them because they are actual knit shirts - tighter, with smaller/narrower sleeves - just more fashionable than the average t-shirt. The ones we bought are extreme and glittery and a cool thing to bring back home.

Museum shops have great t-shirts. I bought a great black one with Paris sort of embossed on it on Rue de Rivoli. Lots of tourist shops there with some junk and some treasures.

I always buy t-shirts for our grandson and our great nephews everywhere we visit, always with the name of the city/country on them. Have had no trouble finding them anywhere we have gone. I'm sure you won't either.

How wrong you are dear.

Virtually every single designer features T-shirt "with words on them" in each collection they produce, I'm quite sure some have even featured Paris on them.

We bought ours outside of Notre Dam, two for 18E, I think, and decent quality. I saw some later up around the Pompidou Center that I didn't buy but wish I had (cat/dog facial expressions with captions in French). I didn't buy that lovely pashmina, either.
Next time!

Careful with the pashminas. I bought cheap "fake" pashimina that I love. Quite a few of the "real" expensive pashminas at the shops had holes in them (moths, I assume.) If I was going to spend the money on a "real" one, I'd get one in a department store, rather than a souvenier shop.

It seemed to me I saw as many young people in Europe wearing T shirts with words on them as I see at home in the U.S. My teenage daughter had trouble finding things to buy in clothing shops in Rome this year, because they all had writing on them in English, and that didn't seem like something she wanted as a souvenir from Europe.

In Paris, T shirts (with writing in French) are available in all souvenir shops.

There were lots of souvenir shops selling T-shirts throughout Montmartre and around Sacre Couer. I bought several as gifts for nieces and nephews and you can broker a deal if you purchase a large quantity (6+). Also, found lots of T-shirts for sale around the shops near Luxembourg Gardens and in the Sorbonne/Latin Quarter area.

What are pashminas?

From an on-line dictionary, pashmina: 1. fine fabric made from goat?s wool; a fine woolen fabric made from the hair of the belly of goats raised in northern India 2. woolen shawl: a shawl made from pashmina.

So, you can see that a real pashmina would be a pretty pricy thing. But the shops in the tourist areas call just about every long, wide scarf/shawl a "pashimina." I think I paid 5 euro for mine; it is made out of some synthetic fabric that is very soft. I think I got a great deal, even though it isn't actually made of goat wool. (The moths won't attack my synthetic scarf.)

I did buy two pashminas for about 5E each at a street market in the 13th one day. One was great for the price, the other one was all wrapped in cellophane, so I didn't really inspect it. Live and learn, it had a small stain of some sort that won't come out. If I was spending big bucks, I would have looked it over very carefully!

There are numerous places selling t-shirts near the Pompidou Center.

One of my daughters wore her Paris t-shirt to school today, so I took the chance to really look it over. As I mentioned, it is a knit shirt with kind of cap sleeves, rather than a traditional t-shirt, 100% cotton and actually made in France! (I was expecting to see China.)