It's a platform that extends into an auditorium and models walk along it to show off clothes, oftentimes new styles or clothes that are being presented for the first time.
On one hand the fashion industry has been very irresponsible in the pursuit of always having new looks and new trends and celebrating obsolescence, some people might argue.
Its biggest hits today the Burkin and Kelly handbags that often self a ten thousand dollars or more a refreshed versions of what it is sold for decades.