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Chloe Dao (born ca. 1971 in Pakse, Laos), is an American fashion designer living and working 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, removeable shrugs, and strong prints.

Since 2000, Dao, of Vietnamese descent, has owned and operated Lot 8, a women's clothing boutique in Houston. The name of the store is a reference to the eight girls in her family. Her family emigrated to the United States in 1979 from Laos after the Vietnam War. Her clothes have been featured in Lucky magazine as well as in a variety of Texas publications including the Houston Chronicle and Texas Monthly.

During the taping of Project Runway, Chloe 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.

Education and early career

Dao attended the University of Houston, focusing on business marketing, but dropped out after a year and a half. 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 Patternmaking.

While still at FIT, Dao took a job with Madame Rossuel, a costume couture shop on the Upper East Side of New York. After graduation, she worked at a 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.

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