Marlene Franke is a Savile Row trained tailor and an authority on luxury garment making.  She first trained in Chicago with 4th generation master tailor Gidal Vodovoz and created Marlene Atelier, a couture studio creating fine garments for Chicago executives.  She then went on to study at the famous Savile Row Academy in London, England, where she received her classical training in West-end soft-structured tailoring.

In 2019, Marlene opened the American Bespoke Tailoring Academy in Dallas, TX, where she now teaches tailoring to the next generation of tailors.

Today, Marlene continues to teach and make luxury garments for a select clientele.