The emerging talent brought his mastery of slouchy tailoring to new, voluminous heights for spring/summer 2022
In the midst of all the floral, prairie dresses at Copenhagen Fashion Week, there is a designer making clean, tailored clothes, informed by his time at the likes of Christian Dior, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen, and his name is Mark Kenly Domino Tan.
At his spring/summer 2022 show, presented at a gilded city hall, models wore voluminous trenches and impeccably tailored shirt-dresses, all with a refined, slouchiness that were birthed from his time in lockdown. Tan, who is half Chinese, half Danish, shares his inspirations and aspirations with Tatler Asia.
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How much do both sides of your heritage filter into your work?
I would say that it definitely does, I have it with me all the time. In my opinion you can’t put your heritage down, or fully shove it to the side—it is part of you, your approach to things, and in my case, my aesthetics.
What are distinctive elements of both sides of your heritage that you bring to your collections?
I have this chrysanthemum flower that keeps reappearing in my design. This is a flower from my grandmothers wedding dress, a Chinese symbol of vitality that is close to my heart. My Danish heritage has a more of an overall influence on my aesthetics. It’s about a humble approach, full of simplicity and functionality that to me is very typically Danish.
