A project manager for a major bank has become an internet sensation with his unusual habit of wearing high heels to work on a daily basis.

Ashley Maxwell-Lam, who recently moved from Queensland to Sydney, Australia, was prompted to change his footwear after his female colleague told him "her heels made her feel powerful".

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He subsequently acquired nine pairs - five sparkly shoes for nights out and four plain colours for work.

He said: "Exactly what she [his colleague] said rang true. I’ve never felt more empowered than when putting on a pair of stilettos and walking through a marble lobby."

Describing his look as "dapper feminine", Mr Maxwell-Lam insists he doesn't want to become a woman, he just loves the "contrast between masculinity and femininity" which makes people "question things".

He said: "I’m not going to lie, I like the attention, it’s an out-there thing to do, but it’s not the reason why I do it."

Ashley claims to receive the most abuse from people within what he described as his own gay community.

He claimed some asked him, "why are you wearing a heel, that's disgusting, you're a man?"

But he has refused to allow people's opinion get at him, adding that his mum taught him to be resilient, so he takes "good with the bad".

Although he doesn’t wear heels day in day out, when he has new clients to meet he makes sure he wears them back on afterwards because according to him, "It’s a huge talking point, an icebreaker."

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