About Me
Emma just graduated with an Honors BFA from Kent State University!
Emma Marie Noll’s designs transport you to an ancient tale where fairytales are real rather than only in dreams.
Her designs are crafted using couture techniques to exhibit feminine power and beauty through the smallest details and contours of the body.
INSPIRATION
Völsunga Saga
For over a millennium, the Völsunga Saga has been told and retold throughout time. Rich with jealousy, betrayal, vengeance, and greed. In the saga, Brynhild, a Valkyrie, angered the god Odin and, in retribution, he pricked her with a thorn which sent her into a long slumber. She was awoken by being cut out of her armor and set free by the dragon slayer, making her one of the oldest tales of Sleeping Beauty.
The Völsunga Saga tells a different tale of Sleeping Beauty, where she is a wise warrior, unlike the helpless princesses we know today. With the many different renditions of Sleeping Beauty, there are themes throughout each story that are similar, but you can see a change in the way women are viewed within them. The Völsunga Saga has inspired Emma Marie Noll to create an eveningwear collection to represent and retell this ancient warrior’s tale through my designs.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Salmon Fish Leather-Silk Tulle-Duchess Silk Satin
Salmon Fish Leather-Silk Tulle-Duchess Silk Satin
Salmon Fish Leather-Silk Tulle-Duchess Silk Satin
Salmon Fish Leather-Silk Chiffon
Duchess Silk Satin-Crushed Silk Organza
Duchess Silk Satin-Crushed Silk Organza
Duchess Silk Satin-Silk Gazar-Ostrich Feathers
Duchess Silk Satin-Silk Gazar-Ostrich Feathers
Silk Charmeuse-French Lace-Metal Flower Bar-Pearls
Silk Charmeuse-French Lace-Metal Flower Bar-Pearls
Salmon Fish Leather-Duchess Silk Satin
Salmon Fish Leather-Duchess Silk Satin-Beading
Salmon Fish Leather-Embroidery-Beading-Tulle
Salmon Fish Leather-Embroidery-Beading-Tulle
Salmon Fish Leather-Embroidery-Beading-Tulle
Salmon Fish Leather-Embroidery-Beading-Tulle
DETAIL
Völsunga Saga
This seven-look couture collection explores an ancient tale of Sleeping Beauty from a new perspective. Shedding a new light on this ancient saga which shows that feminism is woven into the culture and history of Icelanders and by exploring sustainable deadstock fabric options and sourcing sustainable fish leather.
"They say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true." - Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959)
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