Founded in 1957 by Alex Lee Wallau in the United States, Bonnie Doon opened a subsidiary in the Netherlands in 1969 managed by Robert Puper who turned the Dutch branch into it's own Bonnie Doon Europe company. The brand quickly become popular and in the 70's the fashionable and bright coloured, thick knit Orlon (soft Polyacrylic) knee-highs quickly became a trademark.
After an internal changes in the company structure, the Dutch enterprise creates it's first own collection and introduces the Bonnie Doon dog as the logo.
Today, Bonnie Doon is a trendsetter when it comes to designs and patterns of hosiery knitwear items such as legwarmers, over the knee socks, socks and cotton tights.