Heads turned on a fashion show runway in Istanbul after a cat crashed the international event. The cat - one of the Turkish city's feline residents - nonchalantly went about its routine forcing models to sidestep or break out of their usual stoic poses. Designer Goksen Hakki Ali said: "Everyone was in shock." In what would be a major fashion runway faux pas, the playful cat wasn't happy with the pacing and tried to take a swipe at legs of a model who had the temerity to overtake it at the end of the walkway. The video, below, has had about 270,000 views on Instagram. <strong>Read more:</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/staying-power-1.572847">Staying power: How a whistleblower was given the task of counting Istanbul's cat population</a></strong> <strong><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/where-to-eat-sleep-and-shop-in-istanbul-1.763050">Explore Cihangir, home of Istanbul's famous street cats</a></strong> <strong><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/how-we-treat-animals-reflects-our-society-1.162009">How we treat animals reflects our society</a></strong>