 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.