13 Reasons ELLE.com Is Excited for Fall

The days are getting shorter, it’s cool enough to sleep in your long-sleeve pajama set, there’s an apple crisp in the oven, and this is probably one of the last good autumns before irreversible global warming robs us of even that small joy. Here, the ELLE.com team shares all the reasons they’re horny for fall.

Vampy lipstick.

“As soon as Fall hits, I immediately reach for deeper berry shades for my lips. Too dark for summer and too goth for the holidays, this in-between time is when I’m really living my best beauty life.” —Kristina Rodulfo, ELLE.com Senior Beauty Editor

Getting in the Halloween spirit.

“Sweaters, pumpkin everything, and absurdly premature Halloween costume brainstorming.” —Alyssa Bailey, ELLE.com News Editor

Being cozy.

“My fall kink is that I’m OBSESSED with being cozy. It is the only state of existence that matters to me. Fall enables you to be your coziest self: snuggled under several blankets, burning a chai scented candle, sipping a hot mug tea and watching lifetime movies.” –Jessica Roy, ELLE.com Deputy Editor and resident Candle Queen™

A hot, steamy latte foam.

“Close up shots of hot, steamy latte foam are a Big Fall Mood™. Sprinkle some cinnamon in there and I’m K.O.” —Holly Rhue, ELLE.com Editorial Fellow.

Educated men brushing leaves off of their environmentally-conscious cars.

“The best part of fall is the little Harry Potter-looking, professor-ass, pumpkin spice kombucha-drinking, hipster zaddies with their cardigans and their scarves and their windswept hair walking through a corn maze or brushing leaves off of their Priuses. Chunky knits on hunks forever!” —R. Eric Thomas, ELLE.com Senior Staff Writer

Achieving domestic nirvana.

My seasonally specific kink is homes that turnover with the season. As the weather cools and the leaves change colors, so do the homes in the idyllic Los Angeles suburb of Irvine. Fall-themed tchotchkes emerge—maybe a pair of bookends in the shape of brown leaves—and Halloween decorations spring up in lawns and pumpkins that appear to be sculpted by Michelangelo himself greet you at the door.

I fantasize that one day I too will be the type of person who finishes cleaning up Thanksgiving’s turkey dinner by six and has all the Christmas lights strung up by 6:01pm. But it’s not my time. A future version of myself lives in a giant house (three to four bedrooms with a spacious backyard and something I’ve never seen in New York but know to be called a “foyer”) and has both the seasonal decor and organization system in the garage to store my decor.” —Chloe Hall, ELLE.com Writer & Producer.

Blankets. Blankets. Blankets.

“A blanket always being on the couch is my fall kink.”-Leah Chernikoff, ELLE.com Digital Director.

Men who commit to layering.

“Cozy shawl collar neck sweaters! Henleys rolled up to the elbows just so. Beanies. Leather jackets. Heck, even chelsea boots. Something about the way these layers on dudes just really get me swooning and in the mood to cuddle. It’s called cuffing season for a reason. And apple cider—ahhh, the sweet nectar of fall. Just a sip transports me to some cottage upstate surrounded by rainbow foliage.” —Kristina Rodulfo, ELLE.com Senior Beauty Editor

Lampshading season.

“People say summer is the horniest season, but I’m going to say that fall is true lampshading season—and that’s one of the horniest looks of all. Ariana Grande might have done it during the summer thanks to her celebrity air conditioning privilege…but for the rest of us mortals, it’s only when the temps drop a little that we can truly contemplate OTK boots and giant sweatshirts.”—Estelle Tang, ELLE.com Senior Editor

Tis’ the season for underboob freedom.

“[Fall] is the best season fashion wise: Jeans. Blazers. Leather jackets. Ankle boots. You can layer without sweating you ass or underboobs off.” —Nikki Ogunnaike, ELLE.com Style Director

Men. In. Chelsea. Boots.

“When men do a visual scan of a woman, their eyes tend to gravitate to certain points. However, when I check men out, sure my eyes roam to other points too, but one of the main things I care about is your shoe game. Yeah, yeah, you’re not supposed to judge a book by the cover, but a guy in a pair of brown Chelsea boots is my ultimate weakness. There’s something sexy and manly about those boots, especially when paired with lightly-distressed jeans, a button down shirt and a classic watch. It’s a basic combination that allows room for the guy to incorporate his personal touch.” —Nerisha Penrose, ELLE.com Assistant Editor

Cozy sex.

“There are a ton of things in fall that make me swoon: chic women wearing collared shirts under sweaters, babies in Halloween costumes, and apple cider doughnuts still warm from the oven. But my real fall kink, the one thing that truly, *literally* gets me hot and heavy, is way more obvious. It’s cozy sex. What is cozy sex, you say? It’s having sex while under approximately three blankets, which do not get thrown off in a fit of passion, but instead are kept on top the WHOLE TIME. It’s me, wearing my boyfriend’s sweater while we have sex, and he can’t even say anything about it because it is chilly outside and therefore necessary and snuggly. It’s a slight drizzle outside, a cup of hot chocolate waiting for me after, and the knowledge that I don’t have to crank up the A/C to accommodate our current activity. Thank you, fall. I love you and your cozy sex.” —Madison Feller, ELLE.com Staff Writer

Robert Redford-types in shearling coats.

“A shearling coat (see: Robert Redford) can ask me everything about my childhood on the first date, gaslight me, ask me to meet me his parents just to leave me on read, hit me up a year later at 3am with a :eyes: emoji and I’d be down. Fuck me up. I’ll still be a better woman for it.” —Justine Carreon, ELLE.com Market Editor