It’s the time of the year again when the leaves start to fall along with the temperature. Everyone is very accustomed to the traditions surrounding the season of autumn, the pumpkin spice, the scary movies, and the beginning of fuzzy socks. No one ever asks why. Fall trends have an extremely diverse and interesting background.

According to Jessica Stoller-Conrad, Pumpkin in the 18th century and even further back were considered a vegetable of desperateness. People would use pumpkin in foods if they had nothing else to use. Pumpkins started to appear in poems and paintings in the 19th century. It was a time when rural farming was starting to be abandoned, and urbanization began to take place. These people used the pumpkin as a symbol of what they were leaving behind, and it has been popular ever since. Typically pumpkin is only trendy in fall, and this is because they are only seasonal in autumn.

Scary things in the fall originate from Halloween. Everything in the fall is meant to scare your socks off. People participate in these activities because they find them fun. Fashion is obviously impacted immensely by the changing of the seasons. All winter clothes come out, and summer clothes go away. However, every year there are strange fashion trends that follow. This year, fur, ruffles, shades of tan, gold metallic, shearling bombers, off-the-shoulder, plaid overcoats, dusty pink, and yellow are very in.

Many things change along with the season including weather, fashion, food, and even the themes of movies. This is easily explained by the fact that people change along with the season. When one major thing affects us, we make the necessary adjustments. You could say we are just naturally adapting to the changes surrounding us, as any other species would.