ORBISKIDS & TOYS IN PARIS 16 shops in the atlas.Illustration
Kids & Toys in Paris
16 stores · curated ORBIS register
Catimini designs bright printed clothing for children up to fourteen, continuing the French label founded by Monique and Paul Salmon. Le Petit Souk brings toys and party items into children's rooms through a Lille-founded chain specialising in gifts and decor. Les Petits Raffineurs combines children's clothing with baby gifts, extending its selection into accessories and objects for family homes.
French baby and childrenswear house founded in 1949, credited with an early absorbent-diaper innovation and the fastener-free 'Pyjigotte' pajama; still focused on newborn-to-age-3 essentials — pajamas, bodysuits and soft basics — now under Groupe Royer.
Best for French baby basics — pajamas, bodysuits, and soft essentials
Absorba was launched in 1949 by a founder named Poron, built around an innovative diaper design — a highly absorbent lining inspired by an American model — that was a commercial success from the outset and gave the brand its name. What began as a small family business grew into a widely recognized French layette brand, winning the 'oscar de la puériculture' childcare-industry award in 1959 in recognition of its baby-focused know-how. One of its best-known pieces, the Pyjigotte pajama, dispensed with snaps and zippers entirely and became a signature item as the brand expanded across Europe. More than 70 years on, Absorba remains focused on newborns and children up to age three, emphasizing soft, skin-friendly fabrics across pajamas, bodysuits, sleep sacks and related basics, and now operates as part of Groupe Royer. The brand's online retail presence today runs primarily through theabsorba.com.
The couture house of French childhood — smocked dresses, cherry-logo cardigans and the most chic children in the Tuileries. Stocked at Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
Best for Smocked dresses and cherry-logo cardigans for French children's couture
Bonton focuses on Parisian childrenswear with bohemian ease, naturally dyed cottons and a rooftop-party spirit. Its offer focuses on naturally dyed cotton childrenswear with bohemian, rooftop-party Parisian ease, and production is designed in Paris, manufactured to high French standards.
Best for Naturally dyed cotton childrenswear with bohemian, rooftop-party Parisian ease
French children's clothing label founded in 1972 by Monique and Paul Salmon, known for bright mix-and-match prints for ages 0–14; grew to roughly 100 stores worldwide by the mid-1990s and now belongs to Groupe CWF.
Best for Flower-power print childrenswear from Nantes since 1972
Catimini was founded in 1972 by Monique and Paul Salmon, making brightly printed clothing for children aged 0-14. From 1983 the brand ran a design program staffed by recent graduates of the Beaux-Arts, France's leading art school, feeding its mix-and-match, pattern-heavy aesthetic. It expanded quickly, reaching around 50 stores in 40 countries by 1987 and more than 100 stores worldwide by the mid-1990s. The brand is now part of Groupe CWF (Children Worldwide Fashion). Business records consistently point to Cholet, in the Pays de la Loire region, as Catimini's founding city - not Nantes; Nantes appears in the brand's later retail and business-registration history rather than its founding.
Founded in 1986 by theatre costume designer Simon Benharrous, who found children's fashion drab; the group now runs three lines (Enfants, Bébé, Chaussures) across more than 21 countries.
Best for Playful-print kids clothing, basics, and baby pieces
Du Pareil au Même (often abbreviated DPAM) was founded in 1986 by Simon Benharrous, who had worked as a theatrical costume designer and found the children's clothing available at the time drab, largely because it replicated adult fashion in smaller sizes rather than designing for children specifically. His first shop, opened that year under the Du Pareil au Même name, built its identity around playful prints, bright colors, and pieces conceived as children's clothing in their own right rather than scaled-down adult garments. The company grew into a group with three distinct retail lines: DPAM Enfants for older children, DPAM Bébé for babies and toddlers, and DPAM Chaussures for children's shoes. It has since expanded to more than 400 stores across more than 21 countries, making it one of the larger specialist children's clothing chains to emerge from the 1980s French ready-to-wear boom. The brand has weathered financial difficulty in recent years, including a court-supervised restructuring, but has continued operating and expanding its store network afterward.
Children's gift and decor chain founded 2005 in Lille by Mathilde Chailloux; Maisons du Monde founder Xavier Marie joined in 2017 to help it grow to 80-plus stores across France, Belgium and Italy.
Best for Colorful kids' decor, toys, and party items
Le Petit Souk began in 2005 in Lille, founded by Mathilde Chailloux as a colorful children's shop deliberately different from a conventional toy store - mixing birth gifts, retro-styled toys, playful tableware and decorative objects for kids and adults alike. In 2017 Xavier Marie, founder of home-decor chain Maisons du Monde, joined the venture to help it expand nationally. Since then Le Petit Souk has grown into a chain of more than 80 stores across France, Belgium and Italy, including several Paris arrondissements, alongside its e-commerce site. Its assortment spans newborn essentials, novelty gifts, holiday toys, home decor and women's fashion accessories.
Paris family-lifestyle retailer carrying children’s clothing, toys, baby gifts, family accessories and playful home pieces across its curated assortment.
Best for Children's clothing, toys, and baby gifts
Paris children’s skincare brand for baby care, bath products, family body care, and gentle gifts.
Best for Baby care, bath products, family body care and gentle gifts
Minois Paris was founded by Hélène Fulchi, who created the brand after the birth of her daughter, Paz, following a career of nearly a decade in communications and media. Unable to find children's skincare that met her own standards for ingredient transparency, Fulchi built Minois around three stated priorities: clean composition, demonstrable effectiveness, and considered design, rather than treating any one of the three as secondary to the others. Formulas average roughly 98% natural-origin ingredients, are manufactured in France, and are designed for use from birth, with ingredient lists Fulchi has described as deliberately kept "easy to read and understand" rather than dense with unfamiliar chemical names. The range spans bath and body care, gentle everyday skincare, and gift sets aimed at new parents, alongside its baby-focused core. Minois opened its first own-name boutique on rue Bachaumont in Paris, its home for five years before the shop temporarily closed to search for a new site — the brand's products, however, have continued to be distributed through French department stores including BHV and Galeries Lafayette throughout.
Mipounet makes refined children’s clothing, including knitwear and vintage-school-inspired wardrobe pieces. The Galeries Lafayette counter supports sizing and fabric checks, which matter more than the nostalgic styling alone.
Best for Collegiate knits and vintage-schoolyard childrenswear from Madrid, stocked at Galeries Lafayette
Natalys is a French maternity and baby brand founded in Paris in 1953 by the Kelman family on rue Vignon; it designs its own childrenswear, nursery furniture and newborn gifts and sells through its own stores.
Best for French baby clothes, nursery furniture and newborn gifts
Natalys was founded in 1953 in Paris, opening its first shop on rue Vignon under the Kelman family, initially selling clothing for expectant mothers. The brand added its first dedicated babywear collection in 1972 and has since expanded into nursery furniture, decor and newborn gifts alongside maternity and childrenswear. A distinguishing point noted in French retail coverage is that Natalys both designs its own pieces and curates selected partner products, rather than operating purely as a reseller.
The brand today operates as a multi-location French retailer with stores across the country as well as an online shop, positioned toward the higher end of the maternity-and-baby segment.
French children's clothing chain founded in the mid-1990s, part of the Roubaix-based IDKIDS group (with sister brand Obaibi for ages 0-5); over 700 stores in roughly 60 countries sell kids' basics, outerwear and school-friendly pieces.
Best for French children's clothing basics, outerwear, and school-friendly shoes
Petit Pan is a Paris colorful home and kids brand for fabrics, kites, cushions, lamps, toys, and playful décor. At Paris, the range centers on colorful fabrics, kites, cushions, lamps, and playful kids' décor from Paris.
Best for Colorful fabrics, kites, cushions, lamps, and playful kids' décor from Paris
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