1
: a narrow walkway (as along a bridge)
2
: a platform along which models walk in a fashion show : runway
A dozen girls spin onto the catwalk at once, all in variations on a theme.—
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Sunday is a budding runway star who, since making her catwalk debut as part of Miu Miu’s spring/summer 2025 show in Paris in October 2024, has been a fixture at Fashion Week.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Besides an enormous stage, blue velvet curtains, a mixing console and safe catwalks, the building also features new classrooms and rehearsal spaces.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The dazzling Runway fashion show took place at The Accademia di Brera, a fine arts school in the city; a local crew that puts together Milan fashion shows spent five days constructing the catwalk.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026
While the bridge carries only vehicle traffic, there are tours that allow visitors to traverse the maintenance catwalks on the structure's underside.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 1 May 2026
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Besides an enormous stage, blue velvet curtains, a mixing console and safe catwalks, the building also features new classrooms and rehearsal spaces.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The dazzling Runway fashion show took place at The Accademia di Brera, a fine arts school in the city; a local crew that puts together Milan fashion shows spent five days constructing the catwalk.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026
While the bridge carries only vehicle traffic, there are tours that allow visitors to traverse the maintenance catwalks on the structure's underside.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 1 May 2026
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“Catwalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catwalk. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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catwalk
noun
cat·walk
ˈkat-ˌwȯk 
: a narrow walk or way (as along a bridge)
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