Chloe Dao
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| Project Runway contestant | |
| Chloe Dao | |
| Date of birth: | June 15, 1972 |
| Training: | Fashion Institute of Technology'(FIT) |
| Resides: | Living in Houston, Texas |
| Season: | Season 2 |
| Placed: | Winner |
| Eliminating Challenge : | Winner |
Chloe Dao (born June 15, 1972), is an American fashion designer of Vietnamese ancestry who lives and works in Houston, Texas. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear. Many of the pieces in her finale collection featured billowing, voluminous sleeves, removable shrugs and strong brocade prints.
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[edit] Biography
Dao was born in Pakse, Laos.[citation needed] During the Vietnamese civil war Dao's parents moved to Laos to escape the conflict. The family, including Dao, her parents and seven sisters, emigrated to the United States in 1979. Growing up she redesigned vintage clothes; her first original was her senior prom dress[1].
[edit] Education and early career
Dao attended the University of Houston and studied marketing, dropping out after a year and a half.[2] She then enrolled at Houston Community College's design program and at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), graduating in 1994 with an associate's degree in pattern-making.
While still at FIT, Dao took a job with Madame Rossuel, a costume couture shop on the Upper East Side of New York City. After graduation, she worked at knit and sportswear company, Finity as a design assistant and patternmaker. Leaving Finity after one year, she took a job with Melinda Eng as a design assistant and production manager, where she stayed for six years. She then went to work for Catherine Dietlein as an assistant buyer before returning to Houston to open her own boutique, Lot 8. The name of the store is a reference to the eight girls in her family. Her clothes have been featured in Lucky magazine as well as in a variety of Texas publications including the Houston Chronicle and Texas Monthly.
[edit] Project Runway
During the taping of Project Runway, Dao expressed some reservations about her desire to win the competition. In the end, the judges selected her collection over those by the other finalists: Santino Rice and Daniel Vosovic.
On Project Runway, she won the second episode, "Clothes Off Your Back" and the tenth episode, "Makeover." She was also in the top three in the fifth episode, "Social Scene", the sixth episode, "Window Shopping challenge"; the seventh episode, "On Thin Ice"; and the ninth episode, "Flower Power." She was also in the bottom two in the eleventh episode, "What's Your Line."
Unlike the winner from season one, Jay McCarroll, Dao accepted the winning prize of $100,000 and the mentorship from Banana Republic[3]. In May 2007, Dao premiered a 13-piece collection on QVC called Simply. Chloe Dao. which sold out during the televised broadcast[4].
[edit] References
- ^ Ernst, Amanda. "Adventures in The Rag Trade", Forbes, March 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-03-09.
- ^ Chloe Dao Biography on Bravo.com
- ^ "Best of 2006: Style Makers", UCLA Asia Institute, January 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
- ^ Roxanne McDonald (05-24-2007). Project Runway Winners: Where are They Now? (HTML). pub. Retrieved on 2007-11-14. “Dao presented her “Simply. Chloe Dao.” collection on QVC—on May 10, 2007. The pieces sold out in the short block of time she was on the air”
[edit] External links
- Project Runway Designer Bio: Chloe Dao
- Lot 8 Boutique
- Chloe Dao 2007 Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment
| Preceded by Season 1 |
Project Runway Season 2 |
Succeeded by Season 3 |
| Preceded by Jay McCarroll |
Project Runway winner Chloe Dao |
Succeeded by Jeffrey Sebelia |
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