Recap: Markopoulos Award 2025

THE EVENING OF January 12, 2026, saw a celebration of epic proportions at the Ralph Pucci Intl. showroom in New York, honoring artist Ruben Toledo for his 2025 Markopoulos Award win. VMSD is proud to present this award in conjunction with the Markopoulos Circle, named in honor of the late Andrew Markopoulos, a retail industry icon and creative. “Holy Toledo!” exclaimed Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo when presenting the award to Toledo amongst hundreds of attendees and a live jazz band. Stay tuned to vmsd.com for ongoing coverage and an in-depth recap, penned by VMSD’s New York Editor Eric Feigenbaum.

The annual Markopoulos Award honored artist Ruben Toledo at the Ralph Pucci Intl. showroom.

Past winners of this coveted award include Ignaz Gorischek (1997), Tony Mancini (1998), Judy Bell (1999), James Mansour (2000), Linda Fargo (2001), Chuck Luckenbill (2002), Simon Doonan (2003), Christine Belich (2004), James Damian (2005), Michael Cape (2006), Jack Hruska (2007), Alfredo Paredes (2008), Ralph Pucci (2009), Tom Beebe (2010), Denny Gerdeman (2011), Eric Feigenbaum (2012), Joseph Feczko (2013), Harry Cunningham (2014), Ken Smart (2015), Bill Goddu (2016), Linda Lombardi (2017), Anne Kong (2018), Dan Evans (2019), Faye McLeod (2021), Matthew Yokobosky (2022), Peter Marino (2023) and Andrew Bolton (2024).

Visit markopoulosaward.com for more information.

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