Hi all! Does anyone have any favorite bookshops, toyshops, or clothing retailers they go to in Paris for kids? I'll have my 7 and 4 year olds with me and I know they'd really enjoy perusing any of the aforementioned shops. TIA!
Posted by
Chicago
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I often buy kids clothes for grandkids in Paris. There are some expensive high end shops and the big department stores have boutique high end expensive clothing. but I mostly buy things at d'Pam (https://en.dpam.com). which has a lot of modestly priced cute clothes for young kids. I got my grandson an adorable dinosaur hoody on the last trip and the year before a winter puffy coat that everyone he meets at pre-school envies. These stores are all over Paris. In the Italie Due Mall in the 17th near Place Italie the kids shops are all together on the second floor. Half a dozen of them including cheaper ones, a couple in the same price range as d'Pam and a couple more expensive ones. I wouldn't go out of your way but if you are near there it is convenient.
Some other moderately priced places are: Sergent Major, Okaidi, Petit Bateaux.
And if you want to put maximum money on the kids' back there are Tartine et Chocolate, Catamini, Bonpoint.
I'd rather buy several things they will wear to school that are just a little different than what they get at home. One irritating trend has been English words and phrases on French kid clothes -- If I am buying kids gifts from Paris I don't want phrases about climate change or any English phrases on the stuff. Okaidi was particularly bad with this last year.
Posted by
Paris
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Some great suggestions already, to which I'll add the bookshop Chantelivre by Sevres Babylone, and the clothing and accessories store Bonton (several locations, quite high-end but not as pricey as Bonpoint).