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Thursday 27 September 2007

Why is it called CATWALK???

The word first appear in oxford english dictionary in 1885, but as the fashion historian Grace Rothstein, from the Fashion Institute in New York reveals, catwalk were originally narrower than you'd see today so that more space could be afforded by potential buyers, combined with high heels the walk was said to be perilous that only a sure-footed cat could walk it, Now only woman thinner than a moggy can strut it...
image credit: instyle magazine

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