This week’s style diary guest, Gillian Zoe Segal, is the author of the newly published “Getting There: A Book of Mentors.“ The Canadian-born author and photographer has lived in New York since she was 8. Segal has met many successful people—Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, among so many others—to write her newly published book, in which they share their secrets of reaching success.
Sibylle Eschapasse: Describe your style?
Gillian Zoe Segal: I run the spectrum between simple-elegant and boho-chic.
Ms. Eschapasse: If a close friend were to describe your personality in three words, what would they be?
Ms. Segal: Up for anything!
Ms. Eschapasse: How did your style evolve since you were a teenager?
Ms. Segal: When I was a teenager I remember thinking I had to decide on a specific style and commit to it. I'd wonder, “Should I be preppy? Downtown-cool? Uptown/fancy? A hippie?” At some point I realized that I didn’t have to label or limit myself. I could just go with the flow and wear things I was attracted to. My style now is very non-deliberate. If I’m drawn to something and think it’s flattering, I wear it.
