Sneakers and Jeans still a No No? :/
 

Hello all, going to Paris next week and trying to figure out what to wear. I really have mostly jeans! Will I scream "TOURIST" if I wear them with a nice sweater, accessories etc?

And sneakers....I made the mistake of bright and white new Nikes in Italy a decade ago...lol I learned. I plan to do a lot of walking in Paris and know I need something for endurance. Would black low key sneakers be ok or?

Any suggiestions for comforable footwear/fashion appreciated.

You will look perfectly fine dressed as you describe.

parisvoice.com good link for latest goins on

brown/black sweaters low key designer jeans sneakers

everywhere when i was there last Converse sneakers

seemed to be most popular with the kids

so odds are great u will be just fine.

travelsmith.com good site I use a lot...

Of course you won't scream tourist. Even if you do what does it matter? If those are the clothes you have and you are comfortable in them then wear them.

Ditto shoes only more so - comfortable shoes are essential! Don't buy new shoes for the trip - they could prove to be very uncomfortable and make you trip a misery.

Over in the Lounge there is a post about Nikes being the fashion item this year in Paris - not white ones but coloured ones.

Parisians will be too busy living their lives to notice you in your jeans and sneakers, and other tourists will undoubtedly be wearing similar clothing to you.

Anything you want to wear in Paris is fine.

Wear whatever makes you the most comfortable. You do not need to impress people you meet on the street and that you will never see again.

Are you talking about touring around during the day - fine. Are you talking about going out to dinner at a nice restaurants - you will probably want to look a little more chic.

dark coloured sneakers for walking on the cobble stones streets are the best, if your days are planned for walks ( dont worry about he chic French women they get bunions when the get oldertrying to walk straight on their stilts..).
and just a little higher heel 4 the evening..dont pack 2 many shoes... u wont where them..

<i>Are you talking about going out to dinner at a nice restaurants - you will probably want to look a little more chic.</i>

I wear jeans to nice restaurants all the time, including in Paris.

It is probably safe to say that you will be hanging out most of your time around some of Paris's touristic sights. Consequently, WHO CARES if the other TOURISTS around you take you for a TOURIST? :-?

I actually think that jeans are a HORRENDOUS piece of travel clothing unless you are visiting National Parks. Specially in November type weather, they are bulky, do not dry well if wet (likely in Nov), and are nowhere near as chic on the average traveler as many will like to think... As well said before, wear what is comfortable to YOU not to others you don't even know.

Don't take chances - follow the latest trends ......


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So there you are looking nice and chic in smart clothing just like any Parisian snapping away with your camera and then stopping to ask directon in your best high school French.....do you really think you won't cry out TOURIST to everybody? It's just another big city. Dress the way you do at home when visiting a big city. Personally I have my official tourist uniform. A clean T shirt, blue jeans (clean and holeless), sneakers and a baseball cap (wqorn right side forward not backwards). Do I scream out TOURIST....of coursde but you know something....who gives a damn.

You ARE a tourist. If anybody notices, they will know you are a tourist so dress comfortably. We wear jeans during the day and the most comfortable shoes we have. At night, it is fun to dress up a little but if you don't plan to eat out in nice restaurants, jeans are fine.

Plenty of people who are not tourists are wearing jeans in Paris.

The issue isn't whether you wear jeans; it's how you wear them.

And what about the camera and street map?

On my first trip to Paris 9 years ago, I listened to the folks on the board and did not take jeans only to discover that everyone, tourists, locals, were wearing jeans. Since then I always include jeans because they are the one pair of pants that can be worn for a few days and still look fresh.

I do try to take lighter weight jeans and 2 pair of jeans in the suitcase replace 4 pair of cotton pants (just can't stand those practical,flimsy,wash/wear fabrics ie Chico's, now that screams "tourist").

whatever you do don't overpack.... and leave some space in that suitcase for something you may want to bring home for yourself. C&A is an inexpensive department store in Paris (all of Europe actualy) - look in there and find yourself a great top for about 20 EU .... It' will be your favorite thing to put on for many years!

If your concern is whether jeans are worn only by tourists, everyone else has answered that question. Whether one wears it to a nice restaurant depends on the definition of "nice."

I rarely take them due to performance issues.

They block UV poorly and are hot under strong sunlight. They have poor moisture performances. They do not moisture wick from the skin and when they get wet, they lose warmth. They are bulky in my suitcase and dry poorly when washed.

There are shoes other than sneakers for comfortable walking. My wife takes Merrell dress shoes on days she has to walk a lot yet needs something that do not look like training shoes.

There are many jeans that are chic - and even more that aren't - in fact are totally dowdy.

Jeans with a cashmere sweter or silk blouse, nice scarf and high heeled boots or shoes can be chic - and fine for dinner many places. Poorly fiting levis, a pilling acrylic cardigan and black sneakers that have been hiked through miles of cobblestones and muddy puddles won't really do. (Not that I'm suggsting the OP would dress this way - but the things I have seen!)