How To Become An Instagram It Girl

If, like us, you’ve watched in despair as your Instagram follower count languishes in the low-triple digits for years, this one’s for you. We were curious (and, okay, a little jealous) of those Instagram It Girls, whose every selfie cues a battery-draining slew of likes. So, we took a magnifying glass to their accounts to find out exactly what makes ‘em tick — and what keeps their millions of fans following.

Ready for the inside scoop on becoming a ‘gram master? Take notes — we’re about to decode the secret to our 10 favorite fashion girls’ Instagram mojo…

@chiaraferragni, a.k.a. The Blonde Salad blogger Chiara Ferragni

Followers: 3,019,864

Aesthetic: High-fashion nasty gal type with a healthy collection of wait list bags.

Average posts per month: 301

Selfies per month: 189

Travel pics: Almost constantly, always in First Class.

Food pics: Few people make eyes at a waffle cone like Chiara.

Hazy-skyline pics per month: 11

Pics featuring motivational slogans and/or French? Does a shoefie in front of the Eiffel Tower count?

Front-row Fashion Week pics? Yes.

@chiaraferragni

Fashion-iest photo: Tie: mean-mugging in Louis Vuitton boxing gloves, or pug with Hermès box.

Notable selfie partners: Miranda Kerr, Roberto Cavalli.

Fashion quote of choice: ”Eat my shorts.They’re Prada.”

@bat_gio, a.k.a. Giovanna Battaglia

Followers: 227,939

Aesthetic: International fashion gadabout with a truly fabulous roster of dinner companions.

Average posts per month: 72

Selfies per month: 13

Travel pics per month: Nearly all.

Food pics per month: 0

Hazy-skyline pics per month: 3

Pics featuring motivational slogans and/or French? Yes.

Front-row Fashion Week pics? Yes.

Fancy fashion gift: Chanel sneakers in the back of an Uber.

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@bat_gio

Fashion-iest photo: Leaping through Paris in a leopard trench and Rochas flats.

Notable selfie partners: Joan Smalls, Alexa Chung, Anna Dello Russo, Pharrell.

Fashion quote of choice: ”Darling, where did all your money go? I’m wearing it.”

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@evachen212, a.k.a. Lucky Editor-in-Chief Eva Chen

Followers: 291,741

Aesthetic: Editor-in-chief-next-door with a penchant for all things kooky and furry (both living and otherwise).

Average posts per month: 132

Selfies per month: 34

Food pics: Eva gives very good (and frequent) food porn, and we’re pretty sure she #dideatthat.

Hazy-skyline pics per month: 0

Pics featuring motivational slogans and/or French? Yes.

Front-row Fashion Week pics? Yes.

@evachen212

Fashion-iest photo: Tie: this pile of shoes, or the wall of succulents.

Notable selfie partners: Karlie Kloss, croissants, Halle Berry, Hillary Clinton!

Fashion quote of choice: Why, Chanel’s “Ladies First,” bien s?r.

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@gabifresh, a.k.a. blogger Gabi Gregg

Followers: 127,570

Aesthetic: Accessible, fresh-faced babe.

Average posts per month: 35

Selfies per month: 17

Food pics: Two, and we want to be her friend based on the room-service Buffalo wings alone.

Hazy skyline pics per month: 1

Pics featuring motivational slogans and/or French? No.

Front-row Fashion Week pics? Yes.

@gabifresh

Fashion-iest photo: Jumping on a hotel-room bed in a lace matching set.

Notable selfie partners:Isabel Toledo, June Ambrose.

Fashion quote of choice: Does Gabi’s “Cake By The Pound“ sweatshirt count?

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@susiebubble, a.k.a. Susie Lau

Followers: 180,945

Aesthetic: The unpretentious queen of kook lets you tag along on her market appointments and actually gets it when the designer’s show notes mention Derrida.

Average posts per month: 118

Selfies per month: 8 — Funny faces or V-signs only, please.

Food pics: Mostly just printed on shoes.

Pics featuring motivational slogans and/or French: 0

Hazy skyline pics per month: None, but the sky in this Prada pic looks pretty ominous.

Front-row Fashion Week pics? Yes.

@susiebubble

Fashion-iest photo: This rare moody-Susie shot (featuring editor-draped coat and all), this blurry hip shot of Karl Lagerfeld, Frank Gehry, and what appears to be an Olsen.

Fashion quote of choice:"The fashion industry is about creativity first and foremost, and hopefully commerce second.”

To see the rest of the Instagram-savvy chicks, head over to Refinery29!