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Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/11/2006 5:43:56 PM

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There is an article I found on the web that mentions PBN in a sort of negative way.

THE COLORS of designer Chloe Dao's latest runway collection—hot pink, electric blue and metallic gold—are slightly reminiscent of Paris by Night, the hugely popular Vietnamese-American DVD series filled with heartfelt yet cheesy musical numbers and flamboyant, jewel-toned costumes and sets. While Dao, who visits the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles this week, is familiar with the program ("My mom makes me watch [it]"), she is adamant that the show had nothing to do with her designs. "If anything," she says, "there's an Indian [South Asian] influence rather than Chinese or Vietnamese. I love Indian colors."

No matter what the source, this audacious color in combination with spare, sinuous lines gives Dao's collection its innovative edge. Her clothing, like the designer herself, brings an earnest optimism and charm not often seen on the runway. Far from the arrogance and affectation of other fashionistas, Dao's demeanor is casual, friendly and upbeat. The sixth of eight sisters, Dao describes her Houston upbringing as all-American: "I played tennis and was president of the Latin club," she recalls. Over the past 13 years, she has honed her skills in multiple facets of the fashion industry, culminating in the opening of her own Houston boutique, Lot 8. "I've always been a go-getter. You don't have to ask me to do anything. I'll get it done before you ask."

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Her latest achievement is her most high-profile yet: In March, she was named the winner of the Bravo reality series Project Runway, besting 15 other designers in what amounted to a marathon of cutting, sewing and trash talk. Dao tackled the show's many surprises and over-the-top personalities with a mature design sensibility and pluck. Now she's applying that same focus to what hopes to be a bright future. When asked how her life has changed since the Runway win, Dao says, "Everything is crazier—and more important." She knows that she is now performing on a much bigger stage, where her decisions will have greater impact. Yet, ever practical, she's taking her time to develop a strategy, and insists on doing it her way. "I'd like to quietly conquer the world," she asserts.

For the time being however, "quiet" is not on the agenda. Dao now spends much of her time on a busy schedule of press interviews and public appearances. On April 22, she will attend the VIP reception for "Ao Dai: A Modern Design Coming of Age" at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. "I'm doing it for my mom," she says of the exhibit of traditional and contemporary Vietnamese dresses. "It will be cool for her." Fame has also brought opportunity. She is doing more couture work and developing a line of upscale eveningwear for Lot 8. "It's a new thing for me to be designing $2,000 evening dresses," she said, "because I don't shop at that price point. I buy $200 dresses." She has also been talking to some potential investors and is looking to expand her staff beyond the family circle of mom, aunt and sisters that has helped her build the business so far.

Dao seems to be taking the new attention in stride. The innate practicality and "go-getter" personality that served her well in competition are now helping to keep things in perspective. In a world so often ruled by lies and spin, it's refreshing to see hard work and perseverance pay off. For once, alongside its routine parade of freaks and egomaniacs, reality TV has made a star out of someone real.

Chloe Dao appears April 22, 7-9pm, at the VIP reception for 'Ao Dai: A Modern Design Coming of Age' at the San Jose Museum of Quilts of Textiles, 520 S. First St, San Jose. Tickets are $50. (408.971.0323 x14). She will also appear on April 23, 2-4pm, for the opening reception. (www.vietarts.org)

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/11/2006 6:47:37 PM

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yea, i didn't like the grl the first miinute she came on for the interview. it was soooo obvious she could speak vietnamese really well. but then she was all like " im too embarrassed. let me speak in english." that was wen i new i did not like her.

and now she goes and says she does all these vietnamese-related shows "for her mom" and not on her own free will is just really horrible to say. this grl should keep in touch with her vietnamese roots but apparently she is "too embarrassed". i just get mad talking about ppl like her.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/11/2006 9:43:58 PM

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she's talented and I love her work but I was shocked at her comment. I mean I believe no matter how big or small you are you should still stick with your roots or at least feel proud. Hey if she was willing to prance around in an ugly ice figure dress on the show, she'd be willing to show off her culture.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/11/2006 9:47:11 PM

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I guess to the author, Viet music is "Cheesy"... we ain't American, we don't have cheese, how could our music be cheesy? And too bad Chloe is not very proud of her Viet heritage... whatever.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/11/2006 10:02:23 PM

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yeah, my family was like WHAT??? she can't speak Vietnamese? BAD excuse she sure know Vietnamese, she wasn't born in the States, SO stop pretending
Even Roni speaks Vietnamese, she should be ashame of herself

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 10:30:02 AM

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It's crazy when fame and fortune puch people away from their roots. That means Chloe Dao doesn't know much of Vietnamese Proud History and Beautiful Culture. She just want to blend into the US market by being Americanized. But it's okay, it's her business. But it would be best of her if she could learn more about her own root to see how beautiful the Vietnamese culture and people are.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 12:16:31 PM

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yeah...i agree...she knows viet and she supposedly says that she wants to speak in english. and her english seems bad compare to her vietnamese. one word for her....hypocrite!

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 1:45:48 PM

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Well, she did try to speak Vietnamese, but if you guys noticed, she couldn't say it fluently. She came to the States when she was 9, I wonder how come she can't speak Viet, compare to lots of kids that I know, she's much worse.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 2:38:08 PM

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She's fakin git. I came to the US when I'm 10 years old, and I can speak Viet fluently. Since Chloe has like 7 other sisters, with a family that big and lots of sisters, I doubt it that she only speaks English at home to her sisters.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 4:50:02 PM

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dude it depends on the person. y are u hating on her. i thot she was pretty amazing. and her viet...u can tell it wasn't fluent. and she came here at 9...might be something on it. my friend came wen she was 7 and her viet isnt all great. iv been here since i was 2 n i speak it fluent. so am i to say anyone who cant speak viet well tht came here after 3 is BAD. it sad to see anyone not be able to speak their own home born language. but she wasnt tht bad. u kno who was? chan luu. she was so old..and she was lik 19 wen she came here. and she sed she couldn speak viet..wen at first her viet was perfect. and uh her english was so bad. god

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 5:03:16 PM

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She pretended not being able to speak Vietnamese. I just don't see any talent out of her designs.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 5:58:20 PM

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Juicy is right. Y hate on her?? Remember she's also lived in Laos for awhile.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 9:03:25 PM

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its so obvious that the first words she said "chao quy vi", she was forcing an english accent out of her viet to make her sound like she doesn't no much but the next sentence she said, it totally gave it away. she was speaking so fast and fluently. even tho she put some english words in there, u can tell that her viet pronunciation is very fluent.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 9:39:27 PM

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well Nhu Loan came here when she was six or something and yet she speaks english and vietnamese fluently, it's just got me mad that she is not proud of who she is. I bet cha she just went on Paris By Night for her mom, cuz the way she talks about traveling to singapore to do an interview and stuff, she loves the american media more. At least Shayla attempted to speak in vietnamese even after she apologizes that she's not very good at it.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 10:20:51 PM

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we should be proud that we are vietnamese!!!!!!!!

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/12/2006 11:48:54 PM

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who the he*ll wrote that article_calling pbn video cheesy_must be put to jail. this person must be a da*mn ignorant who knows nothing but american culture. shame on you!

talking about the language issue, im not sure whether to criticize cloe dao or not because i find myself in her situation. im more comfortable speaking english outside of my house and i guess most young viet are the same. however i have to set one fact straight, i always proud to be viet.

on the other hand, i was upset seeing chan luu spoke in english. common! she came here when she was almost 20. she has no excuse for speaking english. american culture is popular but by no means it is the best. there is no need to let go of who you really are by embracing this culture.

i love roni trong, young viet people should look up to him as a role model. he was born in finland and his viet is so fluent. i think that has to do with his parents for being so dedicated in educating him. i honestly believe that parents are the key ingredient in term of educating their children.

finally, i think i should give a lot of credits to these designers for making pbn a spetacular and interesting show. with that said, i dont feel like this language issue should overshadow their contributions to the success of the show. cloe dao totally deserves the crown of project runway. her designs are so beautiful....very elegant and yet glamourous. ky duyen should have worn one of her gowns.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/13/2006 1:55:26 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: congacon

who the he*ll wrote that article_calling pbn video cheesy_must be put to jail. this person must be a da*mn ignorant who knows nothing but american culture. shame on you!

talking about the language issue, im not sure whether to criticize cloe dao or not because i find myself in her situation. im more comfortable speaking english outside of my house and i guess most young viet are the same. however i have to set one fact straight, i always proud to be viet.

on the other hand, i was upset seeing chan luu spoke in english. common! she came here when she was almost 20. she has no excuse for speaking english. american culture is popular but by no means it is the best. there is no need to let go of who you really are by embracing this culture.

i love roni trong, young viet people should look up to him as a role model. he was born in finland and his viet is so fluent. i think that has to do with his parents for being so dedicated in educating him. i honestly believe that parents are the key ingredient in term of educating their children.

finally, i think i should give a lot of credits to these designers for making pbn a spetacular and interesting show. with that said, i dont feel like this language issue should overshadow their contributions to the success of the show. cloe dao totally deserves the crown of project runway. her designs are so beautiful....very elegant and yet glamourous. ky duyen should have worn one of her gowns.

Well said, congacon. Thank you.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/13/2006 1:53:33 PM

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Look, Roni was born in Thailand and came to Finland when he was only 4 months old!!! If she loves to be Westernized so much then why doesn't she just go and change her name into a Western last name?

What's with all these people coming on PBN and excusing themself from speaking Vietnamese??? I'm sicken tired of seeing that lame excuse.

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/13/2006 2:43:38 PM

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If you guys know the living environment of the Vietnamese children in Finland, you will love Roni more. It´s VERY usual that you are the only Vietnamese in your entire school. Like Roni has told, he was all the time the only Viet in his highschool. There are about 30 - 50 Vietnameses living in his city (and 3,000 in the country). So he has spent his whole life in a total Finnish environment, only his home is the place where he can speak his mother tongue. So congacon was right when he/she said that "parents are the key ingredient in term of educating their children".

I haven´t watched PBN 84 yet, so I can not comment on the topic. I´m still waiting for my order arriving from Thuy Nga France

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RE: Chloe Dao's comment on PBN - 12/13/2006 8:00:12 PM

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u ppl are ridiculous. chloe dao - before coming to the states- lived in LAOS. NOT VIETNAM.

also, the majority of young viet-american teens don't really watch pbn - there are many who turn around later on and are interested in their roots and do..but many many many find it cheezy and recite the whole "my parents make me watch it deal". they still know about it more or less. it doesnt make them sellouts. get over it.

and don't assume about her putting on a fake accent or "really being able to speak vietnamese". WOW. talk about mad assuming.
ur also taking like 2 or 3 quotes from an interview (granted that we dont doubt the source or perhaps the tone of it, etc.) and blowing it up and making harsh judgments about chloe's personal character..woooow. in the end, whether for her mom or not - she came. she did it. so get over it. doing things for ur parents is very vietnamese at the core is it not??

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