JANET JACKSON's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" was all JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE's idea . . . because he wanted to one-up BRITNEY SPEARS.
That's according to stylist Wayne Scot Lukas in a recent article on PageSix.com, who helped Janet get ready for the 2004 halftime show.
He says Justin wanted to upstage Britney, MADONNA, and CHRISTINA AGUILERA, after they'd just made headlines a few months earlier by making out at the "VMAs".
The original idea was for Janet to be wearing a dress, and Justin would step on the back of the dress, pulling it off to reveal Janet wearing nothing but a PEARL G-STRING underneath. But for whatever reason, they changed the plan and went with the nipple reveal instead.
Wayne says, quote, "I wouldn't call it a wardrobe 'malfunction' in a million years. It was the most functioning wardrobe in history. As a stylist, it did what it was intended to do."
