LIFE OF BRYAN
I STILL HAVEN’T QUITE GOT A FULL GRASP ON THE REALITY OF ALL THIS. I’M STILL KIND OF HALF DISBELIEF THAT THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED TO ME. I’M NOT THE FIRST GUY ON THE INTERNET TO WEAR A SKIRT AND HIGH HEELS.
– MARK BRYAN
If you’re going to have a fashion crisis, it might as well be at a Balenciaga show. So learned Mark Bryan after nabbing an invite to Balenciaga’s spring/summer 2022 show in Paris—a reward for a year of breaking the Internet by rocking up to his engineering job in a skirt and stilettos.
For his first big fashion show appearance, he chose a dramatic black ankle-length quilted puffer jacket with an off-the-shoulder neckline from Berlin menswear brand GmbH’s fall 2021 collection. He paired it with a pair of black Jimmy Choo boots with 95mm-high heels. A kind of hybrid between a ball gown and a designer sleeping bag, the voluminous, zippered coat had been dispatched down GmbH’s runway with a
