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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There’s a long, fertile overlap between the realms of the catwalk and pas de chat: Fashion heavyweights including Christian Lacroix, Prada and Rodarte have designed ballet costumes, and ballerinas such as Margot Fonteyn have sported couture offstage.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
The show will feature VIN + OMI’s latest collection called ‘Sci-Fi Magpie’ and will see Dame Prue Leith and Jo Wood walk the catwalk wearing textiles derived from waste plant material sourced from HM King Charles’ Sandringham Estate.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Silhouettes on the catwalks were adorned with these accessories, sometimes in leather, sometimes in chain.
—Jessica Scemama, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2024
While the perception persists today, TikTok and the catwalk tell a different story.
—Shelcy Joseph, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
His first womenswear show on the French capital city's catwalks was staged two years later.
—Samuel Petrequin, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
Kardashian’s look, then, only served as a continuation of what was debuted on the catwalk.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2024
Visitors can walk on a catwalk beneath the bridge with a third-party company called Bridge Walk.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
Leah Dolan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
There’s a long, fertile overlap between the realms of the catwalk and pas de chat: Fashion heavyweights including Christian Lacroix, Prada and Rodarte have designed ballet costumes, and ballerinas such as Margot Fonteyn have sported couture offstage.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
The show will feature VIN + OMI’s latest collection called ‘Sci-Fi Magpie’ and will see Dame Prue Leith and Jo Wood walk the catwalk wearing textiles derived from waste plant material sourced from HM King Charles’ Sandringham Estate.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Silhouettes on the catwalks were adorned with these accessories, sometimes in leather, sometimes in chain.
—Jessica Scemama, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2024
While the perception persists today, TikTok and the catwalk tell a different story.
—Shelcy Joseph, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
His first womenswear show on the French capital city's catwalks was staged two years later.
—Samuel Petrequin, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
Kardashian’s look, then, only served as a continuation of what was debuted on the catwalk.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2024
Visitors can walk on a catwalk beneath the bridge with a third-party company called Bridge Walk.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
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1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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noun
cat·walk
ˈkat-ˌwȯk 
: a narrow walk or way (as along a bridge)
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