15 Facts About Sully Bonnelly

Sully Osvaldo de Jesus Bonnelly Canaan was born on December 24,1956 and is a Dominican-American fashion designer of women's ready-to-wear.

Sully Bonnelly is the founder, owner, and creative director of Sully Bonnelly, the brand.

An uncle of him, Rafael Sully Bonnelly-Fondeur, became president of the Dominican Republic from 1962 to 1963.

Sully Bonnelly graduated high school from Colegio Dominicano de la Salle.

Sully Bonnelly studied architecture at Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, moved to New York in 1980 to study at Parsons School of Design where he graduated in 1983.

Sully Bonnelly studied architecture at UASD before moving to New York where he graduated from Parsons School of Design and began his career in fashion as Oscar de la Renta's assistant.

Sully Bonnelly then worked as a designer for the houses of Bill Blass and Eli Tahari before starting his namesake collection in 1998, retailing at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and other better stores around the world.

Sully Bonnelly later returned to Oscar de la Renta as creative director for the O Oscar Collection.

In 2000 Sully Bonnelly Accents was launched, an exclusive collection for Home Shopping Network and HSN en Espanol, making him the first Latin American designer featured on a shopping network.

In 2001 Sully Bonnelly served as Creative Director for Citrine, a contemporary sportswear collection.

Today, Sully Bonnelly is Creative Director for Isaac Mizrahi Sportswear, Eveningwear and Dresses.

In 2001, Sully Bonnelly held the position as Creative Director for Citrine.

In 2008, Sully Bonnelly became the Creative Director for Muse, a contemporary women's clothing division of Maggy London in New York and Anthracite by Muse.

In January 2012, Sully Bonnelly married Robert Littman, president of the Vergel Foundation, which manages a collection of modern and contemporary Mexican Art in New York and Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Sully Bonnelly's house was featured in Rima Suqi's book Fashion Designers At Home.