Lolibrary Tag Guide

As Lolibrary currently has just under 375 active tags at the moment, this guide will not go over each individual tag, and will instead skip over most self-explanatory print motif tags (Dresses with strawberries on them go in the strawberries tag, etc). Certain categories of tags, as well as individual others of note, however, will be listed and defined in more depth in the guide below for ease of searching and item creation.

For item features or attributes, please refer to their respective guide pages: Feature Guide | Attribute Guide

Administrative

Partial (Incomplete Information)

If an item is missing a key piece of information. This includes the release year, a clear photo, the official item name in the original language (names taken from secondhand shops / sales listings do not count), colourways, and/or the item type.

Incomplete Colorways

If an item listing is missing photos of one or more colourway, tag this.

Details

Applique

Bows

Embroidery

Flocking

Glitter

Knitted

Rhinestones

Rick-rack

Swallow-Tail

Fabric Types

• Broadcloth (ブロード) Commonly used for blouses; a smooth, plain-weave fabric (typically cotton). While typically used plain, it can be also used for simple prints.
• Burberry (バーバリー) A type of woven cotton fabric. AP's dress fabric of choice for a number of prints
• Butcher (ブッチャー)
• Canvas ()
• Chiffon (シフォン) Lightweight, sheer, plain-weave polyester fabric. Very drapey. Used for a lot of blouses and solid items, but recently many chiffon prints are popping up too.
• Crêpe de Chine デシン
• Denim デニム - Like you'd see in jeans. Puts the J in JSK if you aren't a coward.
• Faux Fur (フェイクファー)
• Jacquard (ジャガード)
• Lace (総レース) Tag used for items that use a lot of lace as a fabric, as opposed to exclusively as trim. If you could consider the item to be made or partially made OF lace fabric, this tag should apply. Not to be confused with the "lace print" or "lacy" tags.
• Leather (本皮) For use only when the item says it’s made using genuine leather or cow hide. Note that listings will usually be very explicit about having genuine leather or cow hide or a similar term if it’s a Japanese item; if it isn't obvious about it, assume that it is synthetic.
• Organdy/Organza (オーガンジー)
• Satin (サテン) Shiny and smooth, often used in linings or silky-look blouses.
• Shantung (シャンタン) A silk-based fabric with slight irregular ridges throughout and commonly used for drapey formalwear. Has a slight shine. Think of the top overskirt layer of Gathered Chiffon, for example.
• Synthetic Leather (合皮) Tag for PU/Polyurethane, pleather, vegan leather, leatherette, faux leather, vinyl or another non-leather substitute.
• Tulle (チュール) Stiff, fine netting, often used in petticoats or at the bottom of skirts to give structure.
• Twill (ツイル) The term ‘twill’ refers to the weave, and not the composition, meaning twill can be made from any fibre. Twill features a distinctive pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.
• Velveteen (別珍) Tag used for anything described as velvet or velveteen; having a thick, soft pile to it and fuzzy to the touch.
• Wool (ウール) Thick and warm natural fiber fabric, more likely to be used for coats and outerwear.

Other Materials:

Acrylic Resin

Plastic

Straw/Wicker

Item Types (Specific)

Apron - Do not use; has been replaced by the Apron item category. For aprons that fasten onto a dress or skirt, please use "detachable apron".

Arm Warmers -

Bonnets - Includes both hard and soft bonnets, as well as sleep caps named by the brand as bonnets (tag these last ones as hats as well for better searchability).

Bracelet -

Brooches - Brooches, enamel pins, rosettes; any stand-alone item that would attach with a brooch pin. Not to be used for detachable bows, etc.

Canotier -

Choker -

Earrings - Applies to both clip-on and pierced-style earrings.

Gilet -

Gloves - Includes both gloves and mittens for winter warmth, as well as those intended specifically as a fashion accessory.

Hairclip - Any form of clip or barrette meant to be worn in one's hair. 2-way clips should typically be tagged as both this and brooch. Does not include pins or combs.

Hat - Includes mini-hats, toques, berets, anything you would reasonably call a hat; if the mini hat is mounted on a headband or clip, please tag them as headband or hairclip accordingly as well as hat. Not to be confused with "Motif: Hats" which is used for printed or other visual depictions of hats.

Headbands - Includes all hair accessories specifically mounted on/including a rigid headband, including any headbows, headdresses, bonnets, or crowns as applicable.

Lucky Pack -

Necklace -

Ring -

Scrunchie - Large fabric-based hair ties only, not the thin elastic-only hair ties.

Shoe-Clips - Any type of bows or other items sold separately to be attached to shoes. For removable parts that come attached to a specific pair of shoes, use the appropriate detachable item tagging instead.

Veils - This includes both headband-mounted and standalone hair veils. Be sure to cross-tag as headband or hairclip as applicable.

Wrist Cuffs - The accessory type worn on your wrists. Tag with buttoned or elasticized cuff as applicable as well.

Patterns

Animal Print

Animal fur patterns like tiger stripes, or leopard print. Also includes deer fur spots, fish / other animal skin / scales. Not to be used for prints simply including depictions of animals.

Argyle

Pattern with overlapping diamond patterns, like you might see on a sweater-vest.

Camo

Any variation of a camouflage-style blobby pattern.

Damask

Pattern often found on jacquard fabric, featuring repeating abstract semi-floral motifs (see right).

Gingham

The two colour (usually one colour on a white or black background) plaid-like check pattern you might find on a picnic blanket. Features equal-width, equally spaced bands crossing at right angles, typically darker where they intersect.

Gradient

Features a gradual blending from one colour to another, typically only in fabrics with elaborate printed images.

Houndstooth

....y'know, houndstooth...

Lace Print

Used for any printed depictions of lace or lace-like patterns in a design. Not to be confused with the Fabric: Lace tag which is used for items actually made of lace fabric.

Pinstripes

Very thin stripes (like the thickness of a pin or below), spaced out and parallel. Can be very faint, may not be easily visible in the main item image.

Plaids, Tartan

Catchall tag for any (non-gingham) checked, plaid or tartan patterned item. Typically features different coloured bands of varied width and spacing crossing at right angles. Alternately, a chessboard style two-toned pattern of boxes with no overlap or evidence of bands.

Polka Dots

Tag for repeating dot patterns of any size. This tag includes both printed as well as flocky or textured representations of this pattern.

Regimental Stripes

Stripe patterns featuring clusters of closely spaced stripes, followed by wider gaps. Most uneven stripe patterns fall into this category. Sometimes reminiscent of Ernie from Sesame Street.

Solid

Any non-print, non-patterned main pieces go into this tag. Please note this should be used exclusively for main pieces: OPs, JSKs, Skirts and Salopettes.

Stripes

Evenly spaced, even width repeating stripes. (Note: You may still find some older entries better suited for the pinstripe or regimental stripe tags in this tag; we are in the process of cleaning up and back-tagging them. If you notice something that should be updated though, please do submit a correction!)

Toile

Toile, short for Toile de Jouy, is a style of monochrome print pattern usually depicting pastoral vignettes with people and landscapes. Most common in classic lolita prints.

Shoe-Specific Tags

See the Shoes page for more information.

Styles

Maid

Military

Nurse

Sailor