Prop Shopping - Propping?

Kiddie pool -check!  Boa - check! Hospital gown -check!
Props and costuming almost complete for my upcoming show.  It's all fun...until you have to shop for a hospital gown.  I never knew it would be so difficult.

How does one shop for a hospital gown?  Where do you begin?  Do you lift one from a visit to the doc?  Ask a nurse or doctor friend to lift one for you?  Well...I just felt that would be wrong and besides, I wanted a brand new one, not a previously worn one.  The thought of wearing a used gown seemed a bit uncomfortable.  Who wore it before me?  Perhaps the colonoscopy exam patient where only a certain area is exposed for filming, while he/she is wearing the gown.  Perhaps it was worn by a woman in labor, whose water broke moments after changing into the gown, or the corpse being prepped for burial in the gown. I had to have a new one, but did not know how difficult my search would be.

Every call to a medical supply/uniform store went something like this:
Me:  "Hi, do you sell hospital gowns?"
Sales Rep:  "No.  Doesn't your hospital supply them?"
or
Me: "I know hospitals supply hospital gowns, but by chance, do you sell them?"
Snarky Sales Rep: "They will give you one free of charge when you check in...no need to get your own, Honey."

Needless to say, they didn't get it.  But at least Snarky Sales Rep. thought I was sweet.

I searched and searched and finally found one.  Brand new in it's plastic wrap freshly made in China.  And to top it off -it was a figure-flattering, one size fits all, muumuu style in the cheerful shade of mental institution greenish grey.

It was perfect! Now I am ready for my close-up!