Into the Fridge 😏
Tyler McGillivary on special sauce and rotting in bed
Tyler McGillivary 😏
Tyler McGillivary is the founder and designer of her eponymous clothing line, Tyler McGillivary. She builds her collections around nostalgia, and a love of the rare and beautiful parts of our planet. She says her pieces are meant to evoke wonder and spread joyfulness, and as a longtime fan of hers, I can personally attest. I’m also happy to announce that her fridge (and life in general) is just as wonderful. Let’s get into it.
What is your fridge philosophy?
I very rarely cook and use my fridge primarily for snacks and desserts. I would say I’m “freezer forward” in that my favorite fridge items are various kinds of little oven baked bites and ice cream bars.
Your fridge is always always always stocked with ____.
Dips, feta cheese in oil, takeout, wine
Top 5 condiment picks, go.
Chipotle mayo
Soy sauce
Ketchup
Dijon mustard
Special sauce
Fine, I’ll open it up to pantry too. Let’s hear your favorite snacks / pantry staples:
Canned fish (preferably fancy)
Eight different pasta shapes and pasta sauces
A meal that’s on heavy rotation these days:
The classic Acai Bowl from Playa Bowls I cannot stop getting. There’s one near our studio and I need to start wearing a disguise because I’m sure the staff is concerned about my fixation.
Let’s go a little deeper…
What’s the mantra you keep coming back to?
I constantly think about this Ira Glass quote and have quoted it 100 times in vague summary. He says something like (this is not the exact quote): “when you start trying to excel at something, your taste outpaces your abilities. So it can be frustrating and stunting to your practice when you feel the gap between your taste and your skill level. The people who succeed are the ones who keep going when they experience that failure.” This mentality is at the core of truly everything I do.
What products / practices are part of your regular mental wellness habits?
Hours long wine and gossip sessions with friends
Nights alone
Naps
Getting out of New York and also coming back
And your physical?
I’m a huge Weleda Skin Food user
I love Osea Ocean Cleanser
tennis at 6am with one of my dearest friends
long walks with headphones on
What do you think is the most underrated part of wellness?
Allowing yourself time to rot in bed.
And overrated?
In general, I’m pretty against the consistent messaging around “self-betterment.” I think it can be exhausting and unhealthy to feel a need to constantly look better than you do. There’s a balance to it. I think you have to find what makes you feel good and go with it, without constantly striving for the next phase of wellness excellence.
Picture this: you wake up one morning and feel like shit. What’s your next move:
Okay at peak hangover: I get up, smoke a joint. Then I’ll order a sausage egg and cheese from Greenberg’s Bagels. While I’m waiting for it to arrive, I’ll walk to Corto in Bed-Stuy and get an iced cappuccino and hope that I don’t run into somebody I know. Then I will lie in bed until eventually I am moved to lie in the park instead.
Give us your ride or die wellness products:
The best of all time is La Mer The Concentrate. That product is like an elixir of the gods or something. I will never look into that ingredient list.
One thing you do everyday that makes you the most YOU version of yourself:
I love to get dressed up and I feel as if it inspires me at the start of a morning. I love to go into a day feeling creative; and since I’m in a studio surrounded by clothes, I just try on different outfits all day. It’s an ongoing, ambient source of inspiration.
Whose taste inspires you?!
Wow so many people, but a few people whose taste I am absolutely in awe of, who also happen to all sell incredible vintage collections are: Cora Violet Walters, Flamie Love, Real Life as Liv, Shop 925, Toots Vintage.
It was such a treat to get a glimpse at Tyler’s colorful life via her fridge today. Oh, and speaking of treats, her newest collection, Sweet Treat, is now live on her site. I’m seeing this Bubble Gum Tank in my future…
You can follow Tyler, and her brand, on Instagram and find her fridge favorites and more here.
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Most relatable ItF I've read yet!
i am obsessed with her realness. açaí obsession, casefile as self care, bed rot representation, oven baked snacks in the freezer.