Designer gowns now available in your local NHS hospital

Fashion designer Ben de Lisi, known for his red carpet creations, has been called upon by the NHS to design a gown of a very different kind – the dreaded hospital gown.

A new project, the ‘Design for Patient Dignity’, was created by the Department of Health and the Design Council to improve the design of hospital gowns in NHS hospitals.

Hospital gowns don’t necessarily need to be stylish or come in different fabrics; however, the one thing that people dread is the lack of privacy offered by current gown designs.

The NHS has admitted that the old hospital gowns were designed to provide convenient access for surgery or to administer injections, can be humiliating for patients to wear – an unnecessary event.

“Why would a designer noted for glamorous evening gowns be capable of designing a hospital gown?” said De Lisi who spoke out about how he convinced the department of health with sketches of an evening dress morphing into a nightshirt.

The final designs by De Lisi, including a gown, pyjama bottoms, and a polar fleece wrap and slippers, will be trialled at London’s King’s College Hospital.

“The gown is unisex” said the designer “It has access points throughout the garment to the body. If someone is waiting on ward for a test or x-ray, their modesty is kept in check.”

The one thing that is confirmed about the new gowns?”It does not open up the back.” He said.
Fashion is everywhere and you too could get to model a Ben de Lisi design, although we’re sure most fashionistas would prefer the red carpet variety, but for the majority the hospital gown will be as close as it gets to a red carpet designed dress.