How to Do a T-Style Walk in a Runway Show

Longer runways often use the T-style setup, which is a regular long runway with a T-shaped addition along the back. Models enter the runway from one side of the "T" and exit on the other. As long as you understand the basics of the T-style walk, you should have no problems when you encounter this kind of runway.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Enter the runway from one side of the "T." As you enter, look slightly towards the audience rather than directly in front. If the designer or director wants an entry pose, she may have you do it immediately after you come onto the "T" or she may have you do it at the runway proper.

2. Create a gentle curve in your walk as you move from the "T" to the runway proper. Some designers or directors may want you to strike a pose as you turn, so be sure you know if they want something beyond a walk.

3. Proceed down the runway as usual, doing your poses at the end.

4. Come back up the runway. When you get to the "T," walk in a gentle curve again as you move from the runway proper to the back T-shaped addition, unless the director or designer wants you to add a pose here.

5. Look slightly towards the audience as you walk the "T" towards the exit.

6. Realize that another model enters the "T" as you exit. Her entrance shouldn't affect your exit.

Tips & Warnings

• When there's more than one model on the runway, it's especially important to maintain a consistent rhythm to create visual coherence on the runway, even if you're on the runway together for only a few seconds.

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