Mark Bryan, an American robotics engineer living in Germany, describes himself on Instagram as a heterosexual married man who likes Porsches and beautiful women—and who integrates skirts and stilettos into his everyday wardrobe. It’s true: as a father of three children, he’s simply a heterosexual dad who wears a skirt and challenges gender clothing norms everywhere.
What do you think when you see a woman in a pencil skirt and high heels walking down a busy street? Mark Bryan sees a powerful businesswoman ready to conquer the world. Always admiring the strength these women exude, he decided to wear these clothes himself.
Today, this skirt-wearing dad has made a name for himself on Instagram by turning gender clothing norms upside down and positioning himself as an ally of the LGBTQ+ community. With three marriages behind him, he says his three children and his current wife, whom he’s been married to for 11 years, support his choice of attire.
Bryan says he first wore a skirt and high heels at university. His girlfriend at the time asked him to wear them before they went dancing together. Today, at 61 years old, he’s been wearing them to work for four years now.
