Designers have transformed dull hospital clothes to cheer up sick children
No one likes to wear hospital clothes, although for most of us this is a temporary phenomenon. But there are children who are not so lucky, and the hospital is their permanent place of residence, and the hospital robe is everyday clothes. Thanks to a project called Ward+Robes, dull and ugly hospital clothes may soon be a thing of the past. Several fashion designers have teamed up with the Canadian non-profit organization Starlight Children's Foundation Canada to remake hospital robes and give sick children to be themselves. "Wearing hospital clothes means being in a hospital," the girl says in a video created as part of the project. "There's nothing good about it." Another young patient admits, "She makes me feel like my identity has been stolen."
The Ward+Robes project was recently launched in an Ontario hospital. The creators expect that their stylish hospital clothes will get to other hospitals across the country and even abroad. Considering how happy these children look, it would be great if such clothes were available all over the world.
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"When you can't wear what you want, you feel like you're not who you should be, or that you're your disease," the girl says in the video.
The project is aimed at giving sick children more self-confidence.
Judging by these photos, they are happy with the result.
"When I first saw the outfits, I noticed a surge of strength in teenagers," says one of the project participants.
Hospital outfits from local Canadian designers come in different models.
In addition to the hospital in Ontario, which already has such hospital robes, the founders of the project are negotiating with another 130 medical institutions.
Full video of the Ward+Robes project:
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