"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
"something is amiss"
"has gone completely haywire"
"something is wrong with the engine"
"something has gone awry in our plans"
"something went badly amiss in the preparations"
"rugs lying askew"
"with his necktie twisted awry"