{"id":67162,"date":"2020-10-20T00:48:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67162"},"modified":"2020-10-20T00:48:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:48:38","slug":"married-father-3-wears-skirts-heels-work-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67162","title":{"rendered":"Married father of 3 wears skirts, heels to work because &#8216;he can&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For one dad of three, getting dressed can be a real drag.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Bryan, an American robotics engineer living in Germany, wears towering high heels and skirts every day to prove \u201cclothes have no gender,\u201d he told\u00a0Bored Panda.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan has shared his style shots on his now-viral\u00a0Instagram, @MarkBryan911.\u00a0There, his bio explains further: \u201cI am just a straight, happily married guy,\u201d he wrote to his 62,000 followers, \u201cthat loves Porsche\u2019s, beautiful women and incorporating high heels and skirts into my daily wardrobe.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p>His daily wardrobe includes red pumps, plaid miniskirts, and seasonally appropriate suede boots, which Bryan paired with a sensible mid-calf beige pencil skirt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI prefer skirts to dresses,\u201d said Bryan, 61. \u201cDresses don\u2019t allow me to mix the genders. I prefer a \u2018masculine\u2019 look above the waist and a non-gendered look below the waist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to footwear, Bryan, who also coaches football, prefers heels from the\u00a0brand Lost Ink. He has pairs of strappy stilettos and open-toed sandals from the company, because they \u201care great for men as they offer a wide fit in most of their shoes,\u201d according to his Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan insisted that his sartorial choices are for \u201cnon-sexual reasons.\u201d The habit began in college with an old flame \u2014 the two would practice dancing together, both in high heels. Then it quickly became normal for him.<\/p>\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-67162 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-1.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-2.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>He compared the experience of teetering around in public to having green hair. \u201cYou look up and see this person, your mind tells you it\u2019s a person with green hair, you think to yourself, \u2018That\u2019s odd or interesting,\u2019 then you go back to do what you were doing and don\u2019t give it another thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His wife of 11 years helps him pick out clothes, and his daughter often wishes she could borrow his shoes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>At 6 feet tall without the heels, Bryan is quite the towering figure when he\u2019s all gussied up. Even while working from home during the pandemic, when most former office-goers took the opportunity to dress down, Bryan wore business dress at his home desk.<\/p>\n<p>His advice for men? \u201cIf you are asking about heels, then I would say to start with a low heel and work your way up as your confidence gets higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For one dad of three, getting dressed can be a real drag. Mark Bryan, an American robotics engineer living in Germany, wears towering high heels and skirts every day to prove \u201cclothes have no gender,\u201d he told\u00a0Bored Panda. 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