why is MUA (and female internet spaces in general) so obsessed with fall?

ponyproblematic · 23時間前

You might just live in a region with a shitty fall, it sounds like.

I'm a huge fall person- where I am, summer is miserably hot and humid, and as a person who likes to wear all black and many sweaters, I start whining around June. While fall is rainy here, I've found a good umbrella to help deal with that. Plus the awesome halloween stuff comes out and I can drink hot coffee beverages again. The seasonal releases for fall and winter tend to work a bit better with my colouring and style.

And really, I see nearly as much hype about other seasons changing- I remember around March when MUA was full of "happy colours for spring!" and we were still covered in slush. People talk about the weather.

sea-weed · 19時間前

What are you not liking about the CSS? I'm personally fond of the simple clean look of it but to each their own.

Autumn's my favourite season for the following reasons, among many others:

My birthday is in October.
Lifelong fan of Halloween.
It's my main shopping season since the majority of my wardrobe is made of black and grey with a few things in dark colours and fall is when this kind of stuff is in stores.
I enjoy layering. Cardigans, scarves and boots are my jam.
My favourite makeup shades are seasonally appropriate during this part of the year. I can and do wear them anytime I feel like it but it's nice to see other people doing it too.
I can wear the dark spicy perfumes that are too heavy for warmer weather.
It's butternut squash and pumpkin season. I'm vegetarian and love eating these bad boys.
Edited to add APPLE CIDER because it is important.

captstella · 15時間前

So filter it. Different people get excited about different things. Like, I don't really care about Disney anything, which has blown up on MUA lately, but I think it's neat that it makes other people so happy. I love Fall because it means I can drink hot tea without people judging me for it still being 80 degrees outside. I love boot weather, scarves, and wearing leggings constantly. I admit I love pumpkin everything. Halloween is my favorite holiday. The leaves change, the weather becomes bearable again, and it's my favorite kind of fashion. So yeah, I'm gonna be excited about Fall.

c0mbeferre · 23時間前

Because fall is awesome!

It's good for beauty subs especially because you can demonstrate style pretty easily (layering is possible but you won't be covering stuff with heavy coats or winter boots), you don't have to worry about sweating makeup off or flaking it all off, it's associated with currently-trendy colors like deep plums and reds and golds, it's generally not super humid so your hair does what you want it to do, you can accessorize without wanting to suffocate but you can wear silk without freezing to death, etc

Also the aesthetic: red-gold leaves, not-quite barren trees, rich warm colors, hot drinks when you've just come inside from a brisk walk and you're chilly but not freezing to death etc.

Also in the Northeast US it's one of the few times in the year where it's not unbearable to be outside for extended periods of time.

tuxedofancy · 22時間前

Makeup wise? Probably because the weather gets cooler so wearing darker or more dramatic looks is a bit easier as you don't have to worry about sweating it off.

When people say they are obsessed with fall I assume them mean Halloween/Thanksgiving and pumpkin spiced (insert item of your choosing). Halloween is pretty cool because there is opportunity to wear a costume and do something different. We don't do Thanksgiving in Scotland but I like mashed potatos and gravy and pumpkin pie so I see the appeal.

As with all internet spaces it seems hyperbole abounds "OMG I love this pumpkin spiced liquid matte lipstick. I literally can't. I just can't", "Best. Season. Ever." Ad nauseum...

abbeyrogue · 22時間前

I love fall because it means my kids and I can do all the fun stuff. Pumpkin picking, harvest festival, Halloween! Every year we have a remembrance day event - fall for us is family gatherings, so I love fall. I live n the mountains and so I get the great colour change (I'm from Canada so I always get to see my whole province change.

Big coats are back in but I don't have to zip it up just yet, boots are in but not flat bottom anti slip boots, you can still look and feel fabulous in fall without spring allergies, summer acne and winter freezing.

Also the smell of fall.

And the fact that yes I can wear whatever makeup I want (and do so already) I don't get second glances for wearing 'fall' colours. I don't have to hear "that's rather dark for summer". Although instead it's "that's rather neon for fall" w/e.

Moonstone-star · 22時間前

I like the weather really. Halloween is also my fave holiday so I get excited for it. I like the rich, Jewel tones that you don't really see in the spring and summer (mainly in clothing) and I like that you can generally get away with heavier or darker looks :)

It's a time of year that feels really cozy to me, I get to bring out my Chai lattes again, and I love dressing for cold weather!

And pumpkin. Mmm I love pumpkin and always stock up on candles and shower gels in really yummy fall flavors.

zeugma_kerfuffle · 23時間前

Well first of all, my birthday is in the fall [November 4!] so that's always exciting.

I run hot, so getting a break from the summer heat is extremely welcome, and being able to wear jackets is so nice. And not being constantly sweaty - that's a big plus, too.

Right now I live in a place where fall = changing leaves, more wind, a little rain, but mostly crisp, clear days that are nice and cool but mostly sunny.

It's easier to drink hot tea/cider/coffee/chocolate/whatever without wanting to die, and holding the hot mug is comforting.

I can use blankets again without drowning in my own sweat while I sleep.

I don't have to shave my legs as often.

Dark colors are just so fun. And yeah, I know you can wear colors all year round, but dark colors are just more suited to fall. Like pastels are suited to spring and brights are suited to summer. I don't question the fashion world on this.

Fall has been my favorite season for a long time, but before I wore makeup it was mostly because fall = not wanting to die of heat stroke all the time [I lived in the desert; getting a break from the summer temps was a blessing]

scooby_noob · 23時間前

I wonder if this has always been the case? I don't know whether I would've noticed it when I was younger. In some ways, though, I think it's because fall and summer are the two seasons with the most well defined aesthetics, and it happens that fall is more in keeping with the bookish, comfortably bundled up, coffee-toting cool-girl ethos of this decade. Maybe if the bare skin, baywatch, carefree summer girl ethos eclipses the bookish girl, summer will get more hype than fall? I think that's how it used to be anyway, before nerdy and bundled up had the clout it has now.

And winter and spring, I think, are more neglected, because they aren't bookended by the excitement of "school's out" and "back-to-school," and because what you envision wearing in winter and spring -- some degree of insulated outerwear, jeans, layers -- isn't polar opposite; the seasons aesthetics seem to bleed into each other, while summer and fall theoretically entail totally different wardrobe staples.

Lisvaughn · 21時間前

Certain colors associated with certain seasons, and the shift in style in both clothing and makeup is pretty drastic from summer to fall. In summer people don't typically wear many dark colors like plum and burgundy, while in fall they're very celebrated. From your comments it seems like you just don't understand why certain things are seasonal and have a hard time accepting that people can enjoy things that you personally don't..

way-harsh-tai · 14時間前

Summer is fucking awful, in my opinion. It is WAY too hot and humid here. I can wear all of my winter clothes with the weather change, which I really think are more stylish/comfortable. Smokier eye-looks and bolder lipsticks are lovely all the time, but I tend to wear them more this time of year so they don't melt off during the day.

Fall also puts me into this groove of sports season (which has nothing to do with makeup/beauty, I KNOW); football and hockey starts, which means more game-days. YASSSS to drinking pumpkin flavored beer.

Also, I live in DC. This time of year means less tourists, which is always great.

Tuipie · 9時間前

I will say it gets a touch annoying for all of us in the Southern Hemisphere going into spring! But the spring/autumn divide ("fall" is such an American term) is way better than the summer/winter one. We're used to it though, and we'll go have chats about spring makeup on the Aussie/NZ subreddit (join us if you're Southern Hemisphere!)

all_that_glitters_ · 21時間前

I think we just have short attention spans. Pretty sure the spring looks will start appearing in, like, February.

Special-Kwest · 23時間前

I think because someone decided that all girls LOVE Pumpkin spice lattes? So some ladies have decided to embrace that stereotype because apparently pumpkin spiced things are delicious.

I'm just happy to wear jeans/hoodies without dying and apple cider. Most apple cider products aren't year round, so there's a scarcity effect on such things.

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