I love dresses and I love feminine, timeless, classic style. So when Gal Meets Glam blogger Julia Engel announced her dress collection, I immediately put it on my radar! I love Julia's style and identify with her style of dresses, Modest, feminine and elegant. Today her collection Gal Meets Glam launched on
her e-commerce website as well as on
Nordstrom. Select Nordstrom stores also carry the line. I had a chance to visit Paramus Nordstrom and try on her dresses in person. My first thought was that dresses were generous in sizes - I mean they were not running small. For reference, I am usually a size 6 in J.Crew/Ann Taylor/ Ralph Lauren/Eliza J dresses (sometimes 8 in H&M dresses) and GMG colection size 6 fits me comfortably. I am 34 C, and 5'8" tall. Here are some of the fitting room photos.
The lilac Hillary dress is very beautiful, the only problem I found was that it was sticking to my body with static and the fabric and lining shell was almost gluing together. But I think a dryer sheet can fix that. Pricing for this dress is on the higher end ($168, and I still think its worth the money as it is a non-dated style that will last many years in your closet)
The Ellie dress is very pretty sky blue. I loved the dress per se, but it is not for me as I find it is "youngish" and may be will look perfect for someone younger than me. But the dress itself is beautiful. I don;t much care for the gathering pleats as it gives a cheap look to otherwise pretty dress. Price for this dress may not be to the liking of many, including me as its very generic (Forever 21/H&M style dress)
The
Lauren dress was one of my most favorite, in a very smooth, soft and luxurious silky fabric. The colors are true to picture on the website. The style is vintag-y classic, Pricing for this dress is on the higher end ($178, and I still think its worth the money as it is a non-dated style that will last many years in your closet)
BTW, here the close up of Ellie blue dress.
I love that most of these dresses come with pockets!
The fabric of this white dress is pretty substantial. It has a very pretty pearl trim on neckline and arms, and will make a great special occasion dress for bridal showers, engagement party, Easter or graduation. It is also exclusively being sold at
Nordstrom.
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My Final Thoughts And Review: The dresses are really well made, fully lined when needed, some even have pockets. The colors are truly pretty. But if your style is not vintage-y feminine, you may not like them as much as I did. The quality is at par with Eliza J or other similar brands being sold at Nordstrom and so is the pricing. I wish these dresses were even more affordable and some of them at least were priced under 100 (those everyday dresses at least), but all said and done, this is a very promising line and I see Julia bringing up more dresses like that every few months.
There are couple other dresses that I like which are exclusive to Gal Meets Glam e-commerce website.
Judith Dress in White , Courtney Dress, Rose Dress and
Shelby Dress are so my style and I have ordered Judith BEFORE I went to Nordstrom. (I have ordered size 8, and I have a feeling I may need to exchange it for size 6. Keeping my fingers crossed that they still have a size 6!)
