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#lolitacoord #lolitacoordinate #egl #eglfashion #eglcoord #eglcommunity #ロリィタ #ロリータファッション #eglcomm #elegantgothiclolita #lolitaclothes #fashionlolita #lolitadaily #jfashion #japanesefashion
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If you’re here it’s probably because this morning you also woke up shocked, but probably not surprised, that once again several major and heavily populated Lolita hashtags were banned on Instagram.
There’s no definitive answer as to exactly why this happened, but it’s very likely due to the unfortunate naming convention that expedited the hashtag being inappropriately co-opted, and then overused and oversaturated.
Lolita fashion is an (and I cannot stress this enough) incredibly visual thing, and we all are hyper-fixated with sharing and generally observing Lolita Coordinates with community members and other fans of the fashion. Without the ability to use commonly known and widely used hashtags, we’re left scrambling to not only find alternatives, but get everyone else in this global community on board.
As a Very Tired and Tenured Social Media Professional, I feel like it would be a disservice to my community if I didn’t do the bare minimum amount of research and compile a guide for others to use within this space. Here is an inconclusive, but still hopefully useful, of EGL fashion hashtags of varying popularity that are still permitted on Instagram:
Lolita General
#lolitacoord
#lolitacoordinate
#egl
#eglfashion
#eglcoord
#eglcommunity
#ロリィタ
#ロリータファッション
#eglcomm
#elegantgothiclolita
#lolitaclothes
#fashionlolita
#lolitadaily
#dailylolita
#casuallolita
Gothic Lolita
#gothlolita
#ゴシックロリータ
#ロリータファッション
#darklolitastyle
#lolitagoth
Sweet Lolita
#sweetlolitafashion
#sweetlolitafashionstyle
Classic Lolita and Oldschool Lolita
#ClassicLolita
#oldschoollolita
These main tags are still fine and I love that for you.
Misc.
#jfashion
#japanesefashion
#plussizelolita
#plussizeegl
Brands and most substyles are still fine to use as well! For example:
#Nurselolita
#Kurololita
#Shirololita
#Nunlolita
#walolita
#qilolita
#halloweenlolita
etc.
I would also recommend using any local hashtags if your comm has any! For example, the Bay Area comm uses #bayareaegl for our photos. Also it’s good social media practice to use general, non EGL fashion tags like #alternativefashion, #gothstyle, or #kawaiifashion with your posts as well to expand on reach, but do take warning that you may attract some weirdos depending on the tags you use.
Currently Banned:
#gothiclolita
#lolita_fashion
#lolitafashion
#sweetlolita
#gothiclolitafashion
#lolita (from before), obviously
#lolitadress
#lolitastyle
Did I miss any, want to share more? Let me know on Twitter or Instagram and I’ll add them!
Update: Added an easy format copy, paste section up at the top!
Thank you @mintypile and kirslovestea for some suggestions!