Amy Sedaris on Her 50 Favorite Things 2019
Amy Sedaris is particular about her stuff.
So particular, in fact, that when the Strategist site launched in 2016, her distinct kind of particular-ness when it came to shopping was discussed as one of our many inspirations for what the site could be. So when I visited her stuffed-to-the-brim one bedroom on a recent afternoon, it was not much of a surprise to find a Venn diagram of most every type of thing the Strategist covers: from surprising things that have multiple uses (the drugstore laxative she uses to steam her pores), to the relatively unexciting items she is determinedly specific about (she uses Heavy Duty Scotch Shipping Packing Tape — if it’s not heavy duty, she’ll, in her words, “have a meltdown”), to the useful and singular (like the Renova pink paper towels her brother David brings her back from London), to the decidedly useless but no less specific (like her plaster — not plastic — fake Cornish Hen).
The important thing is that no object in Sedaris’s house carries less significance than the other: each, from her box of small hats (labeled “Small Hats”) to the five real-hair wigs shelved in her bedroom, is a revered piece of her carefully curated, eccentric ecosystem.
Below, some 50 of those items.
Accessories
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This wig was made for me at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
It’s all real hair.
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I buy a ton of plain white matchbooks so I can decorate them myself.
A must-have.
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If people come over, I always offer to laminate something of theirs.
I say: “give me something from your wallet, let me laminate it for you.”
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Photo: Kid Made Modern
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because it’s large and has coconut in it. And because it rolls on.
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I have 13 bottles of Comme des Garçons’ Avignon perfume, just in case they ever stop making it.
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Gerlasan works well, but I buy this because the illustration makes me laugh.
It’s a hand applying cream to another hand.
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I use this herbal laxative to steam my pores; I’ve never found anything better.
Some people use it in tea when they’re constipated.
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new obsession, tea-wise. Tulsi.
I particularly like the Sweet Rose flavor, it’s uncaffeinated.
Home Repair
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Rebecca Morgan did a lot of pieces for my TV show, and she made this little ugly jug, which sits on my bookshelf.
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I keep these fancy amber fragments in a seashell in my bathroom.
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I got this really, really great incense in Japan, but you can also get it at 45RPM in New York.
It’s my favorite.
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because it’s too much sugar. She also occasionally eats a tiny raisin, and in the morning, she gets half a banana slice.
She’s a lucky rabbit.
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Il Bisonte wallets are my go-to gift for straight and gay guys.
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I always give these mini-crutches to friends who are in plays so I can say, “You gave a crippling performance.
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Photo: Astor Wines Spirits
It’s better than any other gin I’ve ever tried, and it comes in a nice small bottle with a little monkey on it.
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Photo: Fritz Heisterkamp/Copyright:KRYOLAN GmbH-Fritz Heisterkamp
If you put this Kryolan under your eye, you automatically cry.
I gift it to teens, because it’s just a blast to use.
Fakes
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