"understated glamour" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that exudes sophistication and elegance, but in a subtle and restrained manner. Example: The actress walked the red carpet in an understated glamour, wearing a simple black dress with just a hint of sparkling jewelry.
They were nights rich with ritual and glimmering with an understated glamour.
The slender Hollywood beauty, all eyeliner and understated glamour, and the tubby Spanish director with the pan scourer haircut and designer anorak.
Prada's progressive ideals were often reflected in her designs, which imparted an understated glamour and a refined elegance that stood in strong opposition to the overt sex appeal of many of the brand's competitors, prompting a reevaluation of femininity and challenging the industry maxim that only "sex sells".
Bobbi Brown is known for understated glamour, for making women glow without caking them with thick layers or shocking colors.
Tom McErlean, a labor lawyer from Columbia, Md., who has ridden the Queen Elizabeth 2 and came to see her off one last time, would not quite admit that he preferred the older ship, but, seeing them side by side, he said he was struck by the "understated glamour" of the Queen Elizabeth 2. The Queen Mary 2, he said, "tries to impress you with size and glitter.
Before she was the queen of understated red carpet glamour as we know her now, Kate had some serious '90s girl persuasions.
Art deco glamour meets understated elegance in crazy plush rooms decked in lavish fabrics, dark-wood furnishings, intricate parquet floors, antiqued mirrors, modern marble baths with claw-foot tubs, and beyond sumptuous beds.
My white mid-length skirt and crop top combination with frayed edges are the perfect blend of versatility combined with comfort, glamour that's understated but rich looking, and a style that doesn't feel or appear too thought-over.
Perry Guillot's style is a sort of 1930's Hollywood meets 1900's Hamptons, an understated yet luxurious sense of high-hedged garden glamour.
The actresses still want to go for glamour, but this year it will be more understated".
I recently saw the very fine understated film, "Promised Land," starring Matt Damon, which peels back the glamour and allure of large amounts of money from huge energy corporations drilling for natural gas, engaging in a practice called fracking.
