Some months ago while researching the story “The Prettiest House Ever?”….
I discovered a blog I had never heard of before - probably making me the last person on earth to not have known about “Gal Meets Glam.” The Gal behind the Glam, Julia Engel, was the first to photograph the beautiful manse, Le Mas des Poiriers, in Provence when she visited it last summer and thanks to her glorious photos, everyone is still talking about “The Prettiest House Ever.”
Le Mas des Poiriers’ dining room by Gal Meets Glam
All the Gal Meets Glam photographs from that Provencal trip were so beautiful - full of softly colored flowers and lush landscapes and always the perfectly coifed and dressed Julia – I became instantly hooked on the blog.
Photos on Julia’s blog are by Thomas Engel, partner in Gal Meets Glam and the husband!
The blog focuses on the Engels’ life, their home, Julia’s clothes, their travels, Charleston - and all are seen through a lens that captures the world at its prettiest.
The Gal, Julia Engel and her husband Thomas, have turned their lifestyle blog into a juggernaut. She started it in college and 7 years later, Gal Meets Glam is exploding and Julia & Thomas are jumping off the precipice now. Think: a young Rachel Ashwell who, instead of slipcovers, deals in cute dresses. Even their palette is the same – pastel blue and pink.
After a visit to Charleston, the couple moved from San Francisco and started over, buying a darling pink house they recently renovated. No doubt their photos are a stage from which to sell merchandise, but the presentation is so beautiful you forget that.
The couple use their global travels to showcase her aesthetic and their love of food and design and clothes, always clothes. It’s all just so PRETTY!
Julia is the perfect model with a flawless face and cute figure - she looks beautiful in anything she puts on. There is a very wholesome quality about it all. There are no tattoos, no décolletage and certainly no nudity. In the age of social media driven by the lusty Kardashians, this is nice haven to escape to. She and Thomas make a darling couple and it’s obvious they are madly in love. They are equal partners, though her aesthetic drives the visuals, no doubt.
Thomas is a self taught photographer whose skills have grown with the blog. He is there to capture Julia and her best angles, though I’ve yet to see a single flaw.
Their move to Charleston was genius. The pink and blue buildings are the perfect backdrop for Julia. It’s as if the city was designed with Gal Meets Glam in mind.
With all their success at such a young age, their future is limitless.
When they moved to Charleston, the couple bought this darling (of course!) pink (of course!) house, but they promptly moved out while a complete renovation took place.
The front porch was the selling point. Warm sea breezes were a welcoming factor after cold and rainy San Francisco.
Today their house is freshly painted bright white with soft blue shutters. The couple have moved back into their house, but haven’t shown the newly renovated interiors yet – except in a few photos and on Instagram.
How pretty is this? I thought the pink was cute, but the white house with blue accents is perfection!
Julia wrote that the windows were replaced. You can see there is a pink lantern hanging and it looks like there are white floors here in the foyer. The walls are all shiplap. It looks beyond adorable!
A glimpse of the family room shows blues with custom cut seagrass and dark wood floors with a striped khaki and pink curtain fabric. It looks like there is a screened porch out back along blue and white furniture.
The breakfast room has a banquette with more blue and white stripes and more shiplap.
Thomas is the cook of the family. The kitchen cabinets are beautiful, a light blue with white marble counters. Notice the refrigerator behind square cut cabinetry. Above the stove are blue and white tiles.
Along the kitchen is a row of three windows and a farm sink.
The master bath is gorgeous! The same cabinetry with gold hardware and light pink paint. A door leads to an outdoor balcony.
And from Instagram stories, the bathtub and the pink and white tiled floor.
I can not wait until they show more of the house!
Last year, Julia announced a collaboration between Lulu & Georgia – with this darling rug! I fell in love with it!!!
Since their house was being remodeled, she showcased it here, in her beautiful office:
The “Garden Party Rug” by Gal Meets Glam. HERE
See more of the sofa HERE
The jute coffee table is on backorder HERE
The blue chairs come in different colors HERE
Who wouldn’t want to get up and go to work at this office?!?!
The rug was quite an accomplishment for the 20-something girl, but the best of the best was still to come:
Recently Julia revealed that she had developed a dress line that she will sell through Gal Meets Glam, but the major push is with Nordstrom’s!! Further, the line will completely change every month! The dresses are Julia feminine with cute bows and pastel colors, but there are also black and white fabrics too.
Needless to say the clothes have flown off the shelves. Flown off – as if they were free. Extra merchandise had to be quickly manufactured to meet the demand. And this is just May. There will be another monthly collection in just a few weeks.
I picked out some of my favorites of the line. You can click on the word “Here” to see more or to order.
Also if Nordstrom’s is out of your size or to see more of the line, go to the Gal Meets Glam Collection web site HERE.
This is the perfect white dress, below the knee. There is a tone on tone floral pattern and a low back.
Be sure to follow the links to see all the details.
One for the young or older, thin or above average, loose lines and a “Julia” bow. HERE
This has a pretty pattern with a hint of the 40s. HERE
Tiny buttons and a dotted pattern. HERE
Blue and white stripes with fitted bodice. HERE
Blue & white checked with cute ruffled sleeves. HERE
Oversized bow dresses this up. Comes in back too. HERE
Tailored with tiny pearls at the neck and sleeves which make it dressier. Comes in black too. HERE
On Gal Meets Glam web site only: HERE
This model shows it in full-figure size. She looks so good! GAL MEETS GLAM WEB SITE: HERE
Most of the dresses go up to bigger sizes for us full-figured ladies. Be sure to look around the Nordstrom site to see all the dresses and new ones that are added daily, as the original monthly collection sells out. The prices are low, it’s very cost-friendly. If you don’t see your size on Nordstrom, check out the web site HERE.
One last one, a dressy blush or navy lacy dress. HERE
On Instagram, when girls buy their Gal Meets Glam dresses, they are posting their photos under the hashtag #galmeetsglam !!
Here are two everyday models:
She looks great even though the photo is blurry. Sold out on Nordstrom’s but available at Gal Meets Glam HERE.
This is the one shouldered bow dress in navy. HERE
Now, if you buy one of her dresses – you have to show us!!! Promise!!!
For more Mother’s Day Gift Ideas and Spring Ideas just for you, here are some of the things that have caught my eye.
LONG, CUTE BLUE & WHITE: HERE
BLACK & WHITE WITH A POP OF PINK: HERE
ANTHROPOLOGIE, LOVING FULL PANTS: HERE
J CREW JACKET, LINEN HERE
BEACH COVER UP OR SHIRT, LINEN JCREW, HERE
NET A PORTER, DRESSY WHITE SHIRT: HERE
SAME LOOK BUT LESS EXPENSIVE AT TUCKERNUCK: HERE
TUCKERNUCK PURSE! SO CUTE! HERE
ANOTHER ONE AT TUCKERNUCK: HERE
OK, ONE MORE! TUCKERNUCK PURSE: HERE
SOFT SURROUNDINGS CAFTAN: HERE
SOFT SURROUNDINGS LINEN, ALL COLORS: HERE
SOFT SURROUNDINGS, LINEN, PULL OVER, IN ALL COLORS: HERE
SOFT SURROUNDINGS, STRUCTURED LINEN, ALL COLORS: HERE
EILEEN FISHER LINEN BLAZER: HERE
EILEEN FISHER BEAUTIFUL LINEN SHIRT HERE
EILEEN FISHER BEAUTIFUL TUNIC: HERE
NET A PORTER – LOVE THIS PURSE!! HERE
NET A PORTER, LARGER IN WHITE
OTHER SIZES AND COLORS: HERE
LOVING THESE NATURAL LOOK PURSES: HERE
ANTHOPOLOGIE, HOTTEST BAG THIS YEAR: HERE
NET A PORTER – THIS PURSE WAS SO POPULAR, THEY HAD TO REORDER IT. DARLING!! HERE
HERE’S A CHEAPER VERSION FROM TAR-JAY’ HERE
THIS STYLISH NECKLACE IS SO MUCH CHEAPER THAN STORES WITH THE SAME EXACT ONE – ELISABETH ORDERED THIS AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL. REAL DIAMONDS, REAL GOLD. HERE
ANOTHER ETSY, PRICED SO WELL! HERE
ETSY, STACK THESE! DARLING! HERE
ETSY. ANOTHER OF THE POPULAR TINY DIAMONDS TO STACK: HERE
HERE ARE SOME IDEAS FOR THE HOUSE THAT MAKE GREAT MOM’S GIFT TO YOURSELF!!
OK, THIS IS FOR ME. I WANT THIS SET. TARGET, ALL WEATHER, SO CHEAP $261 HERE
FOR THE SOFA OR THE BED OR A PICNIC. LOVE! HERE
WORLD MARKET, THESE ARE GREAT. HERE
FABULOUS!! HERE
TARGET, SO CUTE – WOULD LOOK SO GOOD WITH A WHITE SAARENIN TABLE! HERE
ANIMAL LOVERS WHO LIKE THE SHAPE – FAUX COWHIDE: HERE
GREAT PRICE AT HOME DEPOT – THIS IS STILL MY FAVORITE CHAIR: HERE
A NEWER SHAPE, SO CHEAP TOO: HERE
AERIN BLUE SCALLOPED PLATES, COMES IN GREEN TOO: HERE
BLUE LINENS, MIX & MATCH, COST PLUS! HERE
WHITE SCALLOPED PLATES – FOR A SONG, FROM WALMART! HERE
FAUX JALISKA LACE: HERE
CUTE FOR KITCHEN SHELVES: HERE
SCALLOPED BEDDING MIX AND MATCH: HERE
MIX & MATCH AERIN BEDDING: HERE
BEAUTIFUL MONOGRAMS: HERE
BLUE & WHITE DHURRI: HERE
LETTREFINA – DESIGN YOUR OWN MONOGRAM, BEAUTIFUL HOUSTON SHOP, NOW ON ETSY: HERE
CUTEST CHECKED BLINDS, FROM PENNEYS!!! SHOCKER! LAYER WITH WHITE LINEN PANELS. HERE
SLIPCOVERED DINING ROOM OR FAMILY ROOM CHAIR – FROM WALMART! HERE
CHECKED DOG BED IN MANY COLORS: HERE.
BLUSH PLATES, BEAUTIFUL! FROM WORLD MARKET: HERE
FROM TARGET. USE ON THE TABLE, COUCH, OR BED: HERE
FROM WALMART?!? SERIOUSLY? YEP. HERE
PINK DHURRI: HERE
BLUSH VELVET CHAIR, TWO WOULD BE SO CUTE ON THE PINK DHURRI: HERE
BLUSH PURSE: HERE
TORY BURCH, NICE SIZE – NOT TOO SMALL HERE
SO CUTE! HERE
CHARLOTTE MOSS’ NEWEST! SOOO BEAUTIFUL HERE
GORGEOUS HERE
A SORT OF LOVE LETTER TO HER OWN MOTHER – LOTS OF HISTORY: HERE.
MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SMELLING SHAMPOO IN A BODY CREME. NIRVANA
MANCERA “BLACK LINE” PERFUME, A REAL SPLURGE, BUT IT IS TO DIE FOR!!!!! WHEN ELISABETH WEARS HERS, THE WHOLE HOUSE SMELLS SO GREAT! HERE
I hope you enjoyed this look at Gal Meets Glam’s new dress collection and got some ideas to get the look for yourself!
Happy Mother’s Day to All!!!
