Friends**Bearing Gifts
Friends**Bearing Gifts
FRIENDS* *BEARING GIFTS shares the stories behind the unique decorative objects in the collection of designer Joseph Cicio, each one a memory of a treasured friendship
By Joseph Cicio
Foreword by Nancy Kissinger
Lauren Bacall, Bill Blass, Rose Marie Bravo, Carol Channing, Prince Charles, Brooke Hayward Duchin, Erté, Princess Grace, Audrey Hepburn, Lady Nancy “Slim” Keith, The Kissingers, Kenneth J. Lane, Eleanor Lambert, Dawn Mello, Robert Mondavi, Josie Natori, and Joan Rivers, are just a few of the great friends of Joseph Cicio.
Friends**Bearing Gifts is about these relationships and his memories through the beautiful objects they gave him. Featuring stunning photography of Cicio’s Connecticut home, with essays on these friends and their gifts, the book emphasizes the importance of relationships. It is a reflection on a life filled with warmth, beauty, and ultimately exceptional memories. As Nancy Kissingers says in her elegant foreword, “No one understands and articulates the value of friendship more sincerely than Joe.”
Joseph Cicio was born in Brooklyn into an Italian-American family. After three years as a monastic monk he returned to the secular world and began his career at Lord & Taylor moving on to Macy’s. Eventually he rose to Chairman and CEO of I. Magnin in San Francisco and later Donna Karan’s President of Retail Development. Other positions followed including top roles at Sun International, Mayors Jewelry, Penhaligon’s, Erno Laszlo, and as a consultant for fashion and home furnishings brands worldwide.
"Cicio's new book, chronicles his relationships with bold-faced names such as Joan Rivers, Lady Nancy Keith, Lauren Bacall, and Bill Blass, among others, and the treasures they bestowed on him." –Women's Wear Daily
"It's a great book to pore over, but perhaps even better as—you guessed it—a gift." –Town & Country
“…the book features essays and stunning photography of Cicio’s Litchfield County home and the beautiful gifts bestowed by his influential friends.” - Connecticut Cottages & Gardens
Hardcover with jacket
240 Pages / 9.5” X 12.25”
ISBN: 978-1-938461-96-5