Three of our favourite slogan tees to take you on a sartorial adventure – even if you’re stuck in your hometown.

What’s a T-shirt for, anyway? Wearing under your shirt? Yes, of course. Throwing on at the beach? Certainly. For sleeping in? Absolutely, why not. (Though you might also want to try pyjamas – they are good, too.) But actually, this humble garment is often about more than just practicality. In fact, T-shirts can be humorous. T-shirts can be comforting. T-shirts can be a memory of a particular time or place, and so often are. It’s this particular interpretation of the T-shirt that continually inspires brands to create their own graphic-splashed designs, imbued with a pleasant sense of nostalgia and “oh, this old thing?” which also makes them fun (and easy) to wear. Of course, you might pick up such a thing on holiday. But we’d also urge you to consider some more… considered variations on the form. The added benefit of opting for one of the below souvenir tees from some of MR PORTER’s favourite brands is twofold. First, unlike your papery market stall version, they won’t fall apart after four washes. Second, you don’t have to wade through crowds of awful tourists to get them. You just, sort of… click. What could be easier?

For anyone remotely curious about Jamaica, we would recommend actually going there. It’s supposed to be nice. And Mr Ian Fleming liked it. Particularly this place. But, in recognition of the fact that we all can’t instantly jet off on holiday mid-April, this T-shirt printed with the word “Jamaica” in a pleasing retro script font, will have to do in the meantime. Wear it at the weekend, and keep it relaxed (man?) with a pair of comfortable drawstring shorts from Swedish brand Our Legacy.

The tour T-shirt is a particularly good souvenir – it intimates not just that you’ve been travelling, but that you’ve been all over place, and not only that you’re a citizen of the world, but a particularly exciting one. Though it was streetwear brand Stüssy that came up with the excellent idea of a fake “World Tour” T-shirt in 1989, it’s a concept that’s been nicely continued in the above example from Japanese brand Remi Relief. Particularly pleasing is the way it’s been gently washed and distressed, to give it a slightly worn, been-everywhere feeling (the brand’s designer Mr Yutaka Goto is an expert in washing and dyeing treatments). Match it with a wonderfully pre-aged denim jacket from RRL and you’ll look like you’ve been on the road for months – minus the bloodshot eyes, grazed knees and faint tang of stale beer.

Paris is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. People go crazy for it. Take a march outside the Pompidou Centre and you’ll see hundreds of T-shirts for sale emblazoned with its name, plus or minus a few tricolores and Eiffel Towers. None, though, are as wry and aesthetically pleasing as this variation on the archetype from Maison Kitsuné. Riffing on the brand’s “Parisien” slogan (which appears to be tumbling to bits here), it designates the wearer not just as a spiritual inhabitant of the city, but a man in possession of impeccable taste and a good sense of humour. Keep it sleek and sharp (that’s the way they like it, in Paris) with a pair of crisp flat-front chinos from Maison Kitsuné’s compatriot brand Ami.

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