Chloe Dao is Back

This is a busy week for Houstonian and Project Runway winner Chloe Dao. The DVD of her season of the hit Bravo show hit stores on Tuesday, and if she wants a copy, she’ll be buying it herself. (Chloe is apparently even paying for her flight to the premiere party for season three. At least she got a new car and $100,000 when she won the show.) Lucky for us, Chloe says on the DVD that she has no plans to leave Houston. Instead, she’s hoping she can create “a little fashion capitol” here.

Since the show, she’s been busy. With no PR firm at her beck and call, Chloe responds to her thousands of fan letters herself. And along with helping to cast Project Runway 3, she made time to launch the website (and online shopping) for her Rice Village boutique, Lot 8, which was much needed since the show is shown in 37 countries. And she even found time to design a new collection which will debut tonight at The Art Institute of Houston , along with a mini sneak preview of Project Runway 3.

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