Ben de Lisi Gives UK Hospital Gowns a Designer Makeover
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Ben de Lisi shows off his designer hospital gown. Photo: AP
Looks like America isn't the only country engaged in a little health care reform.
The UK has unveiled a new hospital gown designed by Ben de Lisi to replace those embarrassing backless numbers, the Daily Mail reports.
Call it sick chic.
Instead of the traditional, plain, shapeless garment that's split in the back to reveal your dingy granny panties (or much, much worse), the new closed-back gowns come in a striped print and boast snaps at the side (eliminating indecent exposure), a pouch for mobile phones (which will surely be confiscated by your nurse) and a "pashmina-style" blanket accessory, according to the paper.
Available in blue and white stripes or blue, taupe and white stripes, the unisex gowns also reportedly come with cropped pajama bottoms, panel inserts for large patients, a drawstring back and a reversible option that lets you switch it from V-neck to scoop-neck.
And don't forget the designer label. We feel a temperature coming on already!
"The old hospital gown is hideous," de Lisi told the Daily Mail. "When you're waiting for an operation you need to remain confident. You can't possibly be confident when your arse is hanging out of your clothes for everyone to see.
"I wouldn't want my mother to be seen in one; why should I expect anyone else's mother to have to wear one?"
De Lisi, who counts Kate Winslet and Rachel Weisz among his celebrity fans, reportedly designed the gowns as part of a new collaboration between the UK's NHS (National Health Service) and the Design Council.
Launched as part of a Patient Dignity program, the gowns will be road-tested in select UK hospitals before potentially hitting all national hospitals next year, the paper reports.
Fingers crossed!
Meanwhile, check out Ben de Lisi's ad campaign starring a disabled model.
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