

THE RED DRESS BOOK
The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch is the much-anticipated book documenting and celebrating The Red Dress global collaborative embroidery project. Published in May 2025 to coincide with World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, the book further explores and amplifies the narratives stitched into the dress and brings together new voices from the wider project.
Powerful and poignant embroiderer stories sit alongside reflections from key moments in the dress’ incredible journey from its creation 2009-2023 to ongoing exhibition tour. Featuring insights from the dress’ creator Kirstie and further organisations involved, the book also presents specially commissioned essays on themes such as empowerment, healing trauma and building community which The Red Dress opens up for audiences.
How to order
The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch is published by independent publisher Quickthorn Books UK on 21 May 2025 and available to preorder from quickthornbooks.com and good bookshops and online retailers.
- Softback book £25.99 (ISBN 978-1-7393160-8-2)
- Limited-edition hardback book £45.00 (ISBN 978-1-0683215-0-4)
- E-book £8.99 ISBN 978-1-0683215-1-1)
Support for the book
The book was made possible thanks to a successful Crowdfunder campaign which raised £12,915 with the help of 295 donors supported by social media amplification by fashion historian Cassidy Zachary (@the_art_of_dress).
A generous donation was also made by Mrs Sangita Jindal, chairperson of the JSW Foundation, following the exhibition of The Red Dress at Hampi Art Labs in India in November 2024.
A percentage of all royalties from the sales of The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch will go to the Red Dress Artisan Fund which provides an annual payment from the dress' income for all 141 commissioned embroiderers who stitched panels of embroidery for The Red Dress between 2009-2023.

OUR SUPPORTERS
A huge thank you to all who have given their time, energy, enthusiasm, advice, experience and support to The Red Dress project over the years.
In addition to the organisations below, funding has been gratefully received from a number of private donations and via three crowdfunding campaigns in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
In addition to the organisations below, funding has been gratefully received from a number of private donations and via three crowdfunding campaigns in 2020, 2022 and 2024.












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