--- title: Margot Robbie Fixed Her Own Oscars Wardrobe Malfunction description: When 'I, Tonya' star Margot Robbie's dress strap broke at the Oscars, she found a sewing kit and solved the mishap herself. canonical: https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-05T18:21:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:20.251Z og:title: Margot Robbie Fixed Her Own Oscars Wardrobe Malfunction og:description: A broken strap was no problem for Margot Robbie, who sewed it together herself og:url: https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6f3651b479571e/698929a7e76ad257d0631418/margot-robbie-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 90th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Margot Robbie Fixed Her Own Oscars Wardrobe Malfunction twitter:description: A broken strap was no problem for Margot Robbie, who sewed it together herself twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6f3651b479571e/698929a7e76ad257d0631418/margot-robbie-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Margot Robbie Fixed Her Own Oscars Wardrobe Malfunction Like a Multitasking Hero ## Video: This Was The Best Fashion On The Oscars Red Carpet [Watch (HLS stream): This Was The Best Fashion On The Oscars Red Carpet](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/O6mEsUdn.m3u8) (2:10)  _Published 2018-03-05. Awards season has been in full swing for nearly two months, all leading up to Sunday's 90th Academy Awards_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 5, 2018 6:21 PM UTC  Margot Robbie attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Margot Robbie attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 5, 2018 6:21 PM UTC Wardrobe malfunctions at the Oscars are any actor’s worst nightmare. But for nominated [star Margot Robbie](http://time.com/5052317/tonya-harding-margot-robbie/), a bit of a gown snafu was not going to hold her back from continuing to enjoy [Hollywood’s big night. ](http://time.com/5181916/oscars-red-carpet-photos-2018/) Wearing a custom-designed Chanel Haute Couture gown embellished with elaborately beaded straps around the bodice and arms, [the _I, Tonya_ actor](http://time.com/5098416/assassination-gianni-versace-i-tonya/) didn’t seem to have any trouble with the dress on the red carpet. Things apparently took a turn later in the evening, however, when one of the straps snapped off. Luckily, Robbie was able to find a sewing kit — and took matters into her own hands, [PEOPLE reports,](http://people.com/style/oscars-2018-margot-robbie-dress-malfunction/) making the fix then and there. “Oh, ain’t got time for that!” she told PEOPLE about the styling slip-up. Although she didn’t win the Best Actress award — the golden statue went instead to _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’s_[ Frances McDormand](http://time.com/5185376/chloe-kim-reacts-to-frances-mcdormand-oscars-speech/) — looks like Robbie was a winner in her own right, proving to be one of Hollywood’s finest leading ladies who’s also up to any crafty fashion challenge you throw at her. [Reynolds Woodcock](http://time.com/5075162/phantom-thread-movie-review/) who? Oh, and about her Chanel dress: designed by Karl Lagerfeld, [it took over 600 hours](http://www.instyle.com/awards-events/red-carpet/oscars/margot-robbies-oscars-red-carpet?utm%5Fcampaign=instyle&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&xid=soc%5Fsocialflow%5Ftwitter%5Finstyle&%5F%5Ftwitter%5Fimpression=true) to make and assemble. And, apparently, it also took a few extra minutes mid-awards-show to fix. > [](https://twitter.com/CHANEL/status/970690405892149248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/"},"headline":"Margot Robbie Fixed Her Own Oscars Wardrobe Malfunction Like a Multitasking Hero","datePublished":"2018-03-05T18:21:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:20.251Z","description":"She can do it all","url":"https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6f3651b479571e/698929a7e76ad257d0631418/margot-robbie-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6f3651b479571e/698929a7e76ad257d0631418/margot-robbie-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"90th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"90th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/","name":"Margot Robbie Fixed Her Own Oscars Wardrobe Malfunction Like a Multitasking Hero"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Was The Best Fashion On The Oscars Red Carpet","description":"Awards season has been in full swing for nearly two months, all leading up to Sunday's 90th Academy Awards","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/O6mEsUdn/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-03-05T01:43:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/O6mEsUdn.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/","duration":"PT2M10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5185950/margot-robbie-wardrobe-malfunction-oscars/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```