5 Yarns of the Most Embarrassing Wardrobe Malfunctions 

Have you ever experienced a wardrobe malfunction that made you wish that the ground would open and swallow you whole? Then these stories of the most embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions, as narrated by some of our fans, will give you PTSD, second-hand embarrassment, and comic relief- because you are not alone.

Promise

My dad used to scare me and my sisters by telling us that if we grew up and decided to wear trousers or any other outfit that the bible deemed indecent, we would break our legs. As I got older, I realised how wrong he was to tell us something like that. So I decided, “You see these trousers, I must wear am!” My opportunity came when I got into the university. On the first day of registration, I kitted up with a new pair of jeans and matched to the registration centre, feeling fly. After fighting for a space in the long queue, I got to the registration table and bent to take out my documents from my backpack, only to hear a sharp ripping sound and people gasping behind. My new jeans had ripped in front of everyone and it was G-strings I wore underneath. I had to use my bag to cover it and left immediately. I almost died of embarrassment.

Jide

I like going commando, especially when I’m wearing jersey shorts. In the past, my football pals had warned me to wear some underwear and stop giving them a bell-ringing show during our matches. But I am stubborn and annoying. One day, after our usual match, we sat on the grass to stretch out. That was how a group of girls and even some dudes started pointing in between my stretched-out legs and laughing. I don’t know how I didn’t feel the breeze, but when I followed their gaze, there was my ofo saying hi to everybody! The hole was big enough for everyone to see the whole show. The kind of speed I ran home with that day eh… Usain Bolt would have been jealous.

Nkem

I wore a low-neck strapless dress for my wedding reception. I didn’t allow my mom to see the dress before that day because I knew how she would be about it. She kept following me around, telling me that I was embarrassing our family in front of our in-laws and, truthfully, I was getting weird glances from my husband’s family. But I shrugged it off, and my hubby also told me not to worry. It was time for the couple to dance and we hit the dancefloor. I didn’t realise that the beats had gone to my head and I was bopping hard. The next thing I knew, my breasts flew out from the top of my dress. Both of them! Everyone was screaming and my husband sprang forward to cover me. My bridesmaids also joined him and led me out. I find it funny talking about it now but that was the most embarrassing moment of my life. I cried for days and had to apologise to my in-laws.

Vivian

I wore a flare mini-skirt to a movie premiere once. I don’t know what I was thinking. I was in my baddie days then, so I didn’t think before throwing outfits together. That day, my boyfriend did me dirty and didn’t come to pick me up for the event so I decided to charter a keke to the venue. I took my mini-skirt to the streets of Lagos, ignoring the catcalls, while holding on to the skirt for dear life. The moment I lifted my hand to flag down a keke, heavy wind from my village blew the whole thing over, exposing my ass and my pink panties to my area. Someone was even taking pictures! I just rushed into the keke and told the driver to take me back to my house. I was so ashamed to come out again.

Sylvester

I once bought a navy blue senator from a big fashion designer in Abuja to attend my friend’s wedding. The problem was that I was unaware that he used a cheap material to make the outfit. There I was at the traditional marriage, taking pictures and looking peng, only for it to start raining heavily. Before I could run under the canopy, I was a little drenched. I was still complaining about the rain when my friends started laughing at me. That was when I noticed that the bits of water that were dropping from my outfit were blue. The colour of the senator was washing away right there, on my body! Omo, I started laughing with them because no be me embarrassment go kill.