Sully Bonnelly designer for the houses of Bill Blass and Eli Tahari before starting his own collection in 1998, retailing at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and other stores around the globe. Later in his career, he returned to Oscar de la Renta as creative director for the O Oscar Collection. Bonnelly, a native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, grew up with fashion being an intrinsic part of his identity.He 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
John Saldivar John Saldivar John Saldivar is a Mexican-American fashion designer originally from Monterrey, Mexico. John Saldivar began his fashion career in 2001 while apprenticing with Oscar de la Renta and his design team. Through de la Renta, Saldivar met American editor André Leon Talley, who later hired him as his personal assistant at "Vogue Magazine". Before launching his self-titled collection for Autumn/Winter 2007, Saldivat worked with designers including Catherine Malandrino and Lucien Pellat-Finet as director of public relations. He currently resides in New York City and works out of his Chelsea design studio. Saldivar's work has attracted some attention in the