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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 31, 2018 4:27 PM UTC  Instagram/@hknylcn  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 31, 2018 4:27 PM UTC A [cat](http://time.com/2894336/stray-cat-befriends-lynx/) who wandered onto the runway during a [fashion show](http://time.com/5305177/fashion-show-saudi-arabia-drones-instead-of-models/) in Turkey managed to upstage the models themselves. A video taken at Istanbul’s Esmod International Fashion Show shows the nonchalant feline grooming itself before strutting down the catwalk and playfully lashing out at a model trying to steal its thunder. Viewers were clearly impressed with the cat’s commitment to crashing the show. “Cat on a catwalk,” Twitter user Rita Panahi captioned the hilarious clip. “Best bit is when it struts down the runway & tries to scratch a model. Peak catting.” However, although the cat was the day’s star, its appearance was apparently not a staged stunt. “Everybody was in shock,” fashion designer [Göksen Hakkı Ali](https://www.instagram.com/gksen.h.a/) told [The Dodo](https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/cat-crashes-fashion-show-turkey). > [](https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1056302591460536320) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5440248/runway-cat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5440248/runway-cat/"},"headline":"Uninvited Cat Nonchalantly Struts Stuff on the Catwalk As Fashion Show Goes On","datePublished":"2018-10-31T16:27:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:45.182Z","description":"\"Peak catting\"","url":"https://time.com/5440248/runway-cat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde11fd074ce14730/69893de9656a3f550bbd5d97/screen-shot-2018-10-31-at-12-16-34-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde11fd074ce14730/69893de9656a3f550bbd5d97/screen-shot-2018-10-31-at-12-16-34-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cat-on-the-Catwalk","caption":"","creditText":"Instagram/@hknylcn","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5440248/runway-cat/","name":"Uninvited Cat Nonchalantly Struts Stuff on the Catwalk As Fashion Show Goes On"}}]}] ```