The autumn colors follow one another but are not alike, between luminous copper, caramel reflections and spicy reds. After several seasons dominated by cool blonde, a new warm shade is taking over the networks, right when the leaves start to fall and the 2026 hair trends switch to cocooning.
It is Billie Eilish which restarts the machine with a pumpkin spice hair revealed on Instagram in early October 2026, after several weeks of silence. The singer swaps her usual brown for a very soft golden orange, immediately spotted by Cosmopolitan as the perfect color for an autumn mood board. This change comes as she has just finished filming The Bell Jar
directed by Sarah Polleywhich offers ideal timing to open a new hair chapter.
What does Billie Eilish’s pumpkin-spice hair look like?
In the photos, Billie Eilish displays a light blonde base warmed with copper and golden highlights, somewhere between strawberry blonde and light red. Her hair falls to shoulder level, with a layered bob, choppy layers and a side parting that gives movement. The whole thing keeps the grunge spirit of the singer, but with an almost vanilla-caramel sweetness.
Elle magazine already recalled that “Pumpkin Spice Hair” is one of the great derivatives of redheads, alongside Copper Hair or Tiger Daylily, which made 2021 the year of redheads. Charlize Theron, Kylie Jenner and Zendaya paved the way with their flamboyant shades; Billie Eilish offers a lighter, almost pastel version, which remains very wearable on a daily basis.
Pumpkin spice, strawberry blonde or coppery roux: how to find your way?
Visually, strawberry blonde tends towards pink, with raspberry highlights on a blonde base. A
coppery red classic appears more intense, frankly orange, almost like a luminous henna. Pumpkin Spice falls somewhere in between: a warm blonde, infused with copper and caramel, reminiscent of a pumpkin latte rather than a flamboyant red.
To get close to Billie Eilish’s result in the salon, it is better to ask for a light blonde base with a very fine copper balayage, then a golden gloss to add shine. Roots that are a shade darker avoid the wig effect and facilitate regrowth. Colorists also know that this type of shade fades quickly, hence the benefit of a gentle shampoo and, at home, a copper pigmented mask once a week.
Perfect timing between autumn and filming of The Bell Jar
Cosmopolitan specifies that this change comes as production of The Bell Jar has just ended, with Focus Features having announced the completion of filming on September 8, 2026. In Sarah Polley’s film, Billie Eilish wears auburn brown hair to play Esther Greenwood. According to Variety, the character lands “an internship at a magazine in New York and recounts her struggles with ambition, identity and mental health amid the stifling expectations placed on women in the 1950s.”
Leaving this brown set for a brighter pumpkin-spice therefore marks a real visual break between role and personal life. After the era of green roots, raven black then platinum blonde, this copper blonde places Billie Eilish in the wave of autumn reds popularized for several years, while maintaining a soft signature that fits the season and the desire for change without taking extreme risks.