When the weather drops to 50 and you feel the fall breeze, the unique trends of fall start to appear through September, October, and November. Fall creates a unique essence and brings in multiple trends that make fall, “fall”. Starting the change of scenery requires a change in clothing, coffee orders, and activities. Instead of swimming in pools and tanning the vibe shifts to pumpkin patches and early morning cider runs. It is common to see these trends re-appear more often each year, with fun new twists as the seasons pass!
The most common occurrence of fall is the shift in food or drink choices, they bring a sense of comfort whether it’s pumpkin spice or soup, the warmth these meals bring add to the essence of fall. When it comes to coffee a common trend is pumpkin or chai in the fall. Sophomore Andie Jones says “My favorite drink is a pumpkin iced chai latte,” as well as Junior Louise Halsey stating her favorite drink is a “Iced cream chai tea latte.” To the point when the fall season hits certain flavors make it feel fall. Not only does food bring the essence but it is easy to find comfort in a certain fall flavor and activity to create the perfect fall day. Sophomore Kaley Malecki describes comfort as “A warm cinnamon roll and a fall tv show” as well as senior Holland Grace saying “An iced pumpkin creamed chai latte and watch Gilmore Girls.” Just describing these shows that fall has certain activities that embrace it.
Extending on the idea of activities, fall has so many different activities that have been described to be part of the season. One of the favorites seems to be going to the cider mill and getting a fresh batch of donuts and cider, then walking trails. The cool fall breeze makes it the perfect morning. But that is not the only activity. Jones says one of her favorite activities is to “pick and carve pumpkins.” This activity is so popular in the fall, it allows you to spend time bonding with people you love as well as showing off creative carving skills. As the season gets closer to Halloween, haunted houses seem to be a big attraction. Halsey states “One of my favorite activities is haunted houses.” The two most known seem to be Erebus and Scarefest. They seem to attract many high school students and make people cry the most from how scary they are. Jones, Malecki and Halsey all stated that these activities make fall better and embrace the unique events we only see this time of year.
As important and valued activities are, the biggest factor in fall is a personal fav… CLOTHING. So many styles have been embraced through the seasons. Halsey states her favorite fall outfit is “Hoodie and leggings with a vest.” This outfit represents a high school girl when you think of fall, it embraces the warmth as well as bringing out fun fall colors to wear. The commonly seen colors are green, brown, cream, etc. These colors embrace fall and are most vivid when it comes to sweaters that are easy to style with darker colored bottoms and vests. Not only are certain styles seen in fall but new shoes come out during this season. Jones says “the most common shoes I see are Uggs,” and Malecki states “I see converse the most.” Overall these two shoes are commonly seen in fall because they add a pop of color or warmth to your feet and outfit. All these things make fall its own season and that is why when someone’s mind goes to certain colors or activities, they think fall.
