Wardrobe malfunction.

It can happen to the best of us, but it is the way you deal with it that either makes it a huge drama or an amusing anecdote to tell another time.  (Unless of course it's a planned malfunction to satisfy your need for attention, in which case, I can't help you.)  People are invariably kind and will not judge you for the fact that the Karma fairy has decided to make you look silly.  I have a million of these stories.  There was the day I was all dressed up and flouncing around Selfridges only to be informed by a Security Guard that the ink from my paper was smudged across my forehead or the day my trousers split in a not dissimilar fashion to the woman in the image above, not to mention countless coffee stains and the occasional broken heel.  It happens, it usually happens at the worst possible time but how you deal with it, will make the difference.  Maybe because I am clumsy and the Karma fairy and I seem to run into each other slightly more often than most, I've got a fairly good coping mechanism.  I laugh and shrug it off - fix what I can and forget about what I can't.  Take as an example, a man with an open fly, zip or button it and forget it, don't then constantly check your flies because at that point you look like a bit of a weirdo, not to mention all that fidgeting is really distracting and makes you look even more uncomfortable, which makes other people nervous, especially if they came in later and don't know why you are playing with yourself.

If it's a slightly more dramatic wardrobe malfunction, like a split seam.  You have one option ask for help, someone will have something you can use for a short term fix, I am not suggesting you stand on a chair and yell, "Is there a seamstress in the house?" but quietly ask, there is no need to draw attention to the problem in order to fix it.  For example the woman in the image above would have a short term fix if she just pulled her top down over the problem, no one would have been any the wiser and her bum would not be immortalised on the internet.

So when it happens take a deep breath, fix what you can and just get on with your day.