Celebrities Reflect On Embarrassing Wardrobe Malfunctions

Whoops! Celebrities, including Jennifer Garner, Khloé Kardashian and Gigi Hadid, have reflected on their most embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions over the years.

As a model who walks multiple runways every year, it’s not super surprising Gigi has experienced her fair share of wardrobe malfunctions during fashion shows.

The California native’s entire breast popped out back in 2016 while she was modeling in a Versace fashion show during Milan Fashion Week. She was accidentally exposed after her dress strap slipped down. However, she appeared to be unbothered by the incident.

“Wardrobe malfunctions happen on the runway every day of [Fashion Week] and are … unfortunate LOL but let’s talk instead about the new VERSACE CHOKERS,” Gigi tweeted at the time, adding, “[And] the bags [and] the boots [and] the coats [and] everythinnngggg. Killin’ me, Donatella @Versace!!!!!!!”

Being a total pro, Gigi recovered from another wardrobe malfunction during the Marc Jacobs show in 2019 when she walked down the runway in her bare feet after her shoe broke. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum stayed on her tip-toes during her entire strut at the end of the show.

Stylist Katie Grand opened up more about the situation that played out behind the scenes. “In the first opening ‘finale’ of Marc’s show, Gigi’s heel broke,” she explained via Instagram. “If you see images from the first passage, she has thigh-high silver socks and white leather mules. And since we were at the other end of the armory, there wasn’t much we could do other than either fake a non-broken heel or rip off her socks and shoes and send her out barefoot, which we did, and was all the more natural for it.”

Funny enough, in January 2020, Gigi took to her Instagram Stories during Paris Fashion Week to laugh off a similar malfunction — her entire heel broke off ahead of the Chanel Haute Couture Show. Luckily, it was only during rehearsals, and the actual show went off without a hitch.

Of course, Gigi is far from the first model — or celebrity for that matter — to shrug off a wardrobe malfunction. Her sister Bella Hadid reflected on wearing a daring red carpet ensemble during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

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Her Schiaparelli Haute Couture long-sleeve black dress was cut below her bust, and the model covered her chest with a large necklace made to look like human lungs while attending the premiere of Tre Piani.

“I did a little cup check before I got out of the car and that was it. I was like, ‘If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen now,’” Bella recalled during an interview with Vogue. “So, I’m about to walk this carpet, and if in five minutes from now, there are pictures of my breasts everywhere, then that’s what was supposed to happen.'” It’s all part of the job.

Keep scrolling to see what celebrities had to say about their most embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions!

Eddie Redmayne

The actor recalled an embarrassing moment from the Fantastic Beasts set while chatting with British Vogue in January 2023.

“Doing the Erumpent mating dance. It was humiliating anyway, but I managed to rip my trousers,” he recalled. “My arse was on show for everyone to see on a night shoot in the middle of Watford.”

Selena Gomez

The Only Murders in the Building star looked stunning in her shimmering white Celine halter gown at the 2022 Emmy Awards but revealed later she had a wardrobe malfunction. “My dress was actually riding up,” Selena Gomez explained during a November 4, 2022, appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, “So a lot of people saw something they didn’t want to see.”

Katy Perry

Katy Perry called Orlando Bloom her “hero” after he loosened her corset while she was on stage at Variety‘s Power of Women event in Los Angeles in September 2021.

“Orlando, can you undo my corset? It’s a little tight. I can’t sing,” she asked her fiancé, who rushed on the stage to help loosen her undergarment. “Pull it all the way down … I have girdle in here. All the way down!”

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer’s wardrobe malfunction didn’t happen on a red carpet but at her local church.
“My skirt got caught in my panties at church a couple of weeks ago, and I almost walked into the congregation after going to the restroom with full biscuit showing,” the 13 Going on 30 actress recalled. “Luckily, I felt a breeze pretty quickly.”

Tara Reid

“People act like it was the worst crime in the world. It was a mistake, you know!” Tara Reid said after her entire breast was exposed at Diddy‘s 35th birthday party in 2004. “But you would think my boob had popped out and shot Gandhi! My hooters are under control. I’m taped up now, totally. I’m using double tape. Double double tape. My boobs are going nowhere again.”

Khloé Kardashian

The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum was “frantic” after a wardrobe malfunction moments before an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in March 2021.
“I was wearing a shirt and backstage, the holes on the back [of it] ripped open, and I was like, ‘I don’t have anything to wear and it’s live TV!’” Khloé told People at the time.
The reality star swapped out her top for an oversized blazer. “I looked really menswear chic,” she recalled. “But the whole time, I’m kind of scrunched over because I don’t really have a top underneath. I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, what’s happening?’”