costume mishap
Clothing crisis onstage
A costume mishap is an unintended wardrobe failure—something rips, falls off, or exposes what shouldn't be exposed.
The term appears most often in entertainment contexts: a dancer's strap breaks mid-performance, a Halloween costume malfunctions at a party.
She had a costume mishap on stage when her skirt caught on the scenery.
- wardrobe malfunctionUnplanned clothing exposure incident
- nip slipUnintentional breast exposure
- ripTear apart forcibly
- tearTo pull apart
- slipMinor error or misstep
exposure · zipper · broken zipper · split · seam · embarrassment · strap · fallen · stage · runway · oops · blush · gasp · reveal · red carpet · fabric · button · pop