It is definitely not the kind of audience recall that designer Rajesh Pratap Singh would look forward to. His autumn-winter collection had garnered accolades at the Paris Fashion Week just a couple of weeks ago. But at his Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week show, the beautiful clothes were put in the shadows by a wardrobe malfunction.

A European model sporting a low-neck electric blue dress had her shoulder strap slipping right as she reached the edge of the ramp, bringing back memories of the infamous wardrobe malfunction episode featuring Carol Gracias at a Bennu Sehgal show at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, a couple of seasons ago in 2006.

Though many in the audience did not catch the malfunction, it did mar what would have otherwise been another successful show in Singh’s kitty. This is the first time that such an incident has happened at the bi-annual fashion extravaganza in the Capital.

Even though Singh’s ensembles were spectacular, the show, which started over an hour late, was marred by small mix-ups throughout. The shoes were ill fitting. While several models tripped, model Bhawna Sharma almost took a tumble when she came out in a long black dress. One model, who participated in the show and did not want to be named, said the delay in the show was due to a chaos backstage. “The shoes were terrible. There were either too big or too small. It was too late to do anything, so we just had to go with what we had,” she said.

Singh, who is still in Paris working on the costumes of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, was not available for comment. Sapna Mehra, his sister-in-law and business manager, said: “We have done great business and received much appreciation for the clothes. I do not think a minor incident should become the focus of what has been such a great week. It was an unfortunate incident, but it certainly does not take away anything from the collection.”