Houston fashion designer and “Project Runway” winner to focus on Heights store
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Designer Chloe Dao, left, works with her team to make surgical masks during the pandemic. Dao temporarily closed her boutique and turned to making surgical masks to give away free to healthcare workers.
Mark Mulligan/Staff photographer
After 23 years, Chloe Dao is ready for a new chapter.
The Houston fashion designer and “Project Runway” winner plans to close her Rice Village store next month. She’ll continue to run her newest location at M-K-T in the Heights.
“This will be a year of cleansing for me,” she said.
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Dao opened the store in Rice Village in 2000 under the name, “Lot 8,” a reference to the eight Dao sisters in her family.
In 2006, she won “Project Runway” Season 2. The following year she premiered a 13-piece collection on QVC. Then in 2008, she created a line of travel and mobile technology accessories.
In 2021, Dao opened a second store location at M-K-T in the Heights.