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The 61-year-old robotics engineer with a penchant for skirts and heels joins Dutch label Ninamounah’s cast of ‘special species’

When Mark Bryan started wearing a “hybrid” wardrobe of heels and skirts paired with menswear tops to work, the dad-of-three never could have imagined he’d be walking as a model in a show at Paris Fashion Week.

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High heels were first made for men and they started wearing them back in the 10th century, historians say. In our era, some men have gone back to wearing high heels, and heels on men have even worked their way into pop-culture. Recently, a 61-year-old engineer from Germany, Mark Bryan, started wearing high heels with skirts to his office and as his normal everyday outfits. His looks give people a push to ditch stereotypes and to never be afraid to wear whatever they want.

Mark Bryan, an American robotics engineer currently living in Germany, believes clothes are the last thing that should be gendered.