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Save Anna and the T-Shirts

A joke about Anna Wintour went around the world. Then it became a label.

Save Anna and the T-Shirts2008/26
The SAVE ANNA T-shirt graphic: Anna Wintour in sunglasses above a stencil SAVE ANNA banner

In 2008 the rumor was that Anna Wintour was leaving Vogue. I screen-printed her face on a T-shirt with two words under it, SAVE ANNA, and sent it to a few friends in fashion. It ended up in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and The New York Times. One shirt turned into a label: fashion satire, drawn by hand, printed in Brooklyn and worn by Madonna and Miley Cyrus.

LabelChristopher Lee Sauvé
Years2008 to now
RoleDesigner, illustrator, founder
StockedPatricia Field, Seven New York, Hudson’s Bay, BEAMS Tokyo
Worn byMadonna, Miley Cyrus

Save Anna, 2008

Model laughing in a black blazer over the Save Anna teeModel in a Save Anna tee, studio portrait
Club kid in a studded Save Anna teeSave Anna tee at a partySave Anna stickers on bare skin
Two men in Save Anna and recession protest teesSave Anna tees on a rack, animated

Press

Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, The Guardian, Racked, Fashion Television and The New York Times, from Germany to Korea.

The New York Times Evening Hours page with a Save Anna teeVogue.de story on Save AnnaVanity Fair Germany story: Rettet Anna
Stylewatch page featuring the Save Anna teeHarper’s Bazaar Korea page on Christopher Lee Sauvé

The classics

Magazine covers, mugshots and pop icons, screened on white cotton.

Model in the People Madonna teeViolinist in the People Madonna tee
The People Madonna tee, flatModel in the celebrity mugshot teeTwo friends in Save Anna era tees, black and white
Behind the scenes at a tee shoot. 43 seconds.

Tokyo, with Addition Adelaide and BEAMS

Japan

A limited capsule with Addition Adelaide and International Gallery BEAMS, a launch party for Tokyo’s fashion underground and windows for the BEAMS Harajuku flagship. My first partnership in Japan.

Wall of black-and-white Sauvé graphics for the Tokyo showCollage of the Tokyo launch party and window
Invitation: Save Addition Adelaide x International Gallery BEAMSCrowd at the Tokyo launch holding the banner

MadMaus, 2014

Pop icons recast as mice, each inside a seal spelling out their own name. Warhol, Madonna, Bowie, Lagerfeld. Launched at Patricia Field in New York and Hudson’s Bay in Toronto.

MadMaus Madonna sealMadMaus Andy Warhol seal in silver glitterMadMaus Bowie seal with lightning bolt
Every MadMaus seal in one repeat pattern
MadMaus, the full cast
MadMaus pattern, animated
MadMaus, title card
Painted portrait, in motion
Lettering, in motion
Polaroid of three friends in MadMaus teesPolaroid of the MadMaus crew against a wall of artPolaroid of the MadMaus crew on the floor
Grid of MadMaus lookbook polaroids
Watch: MadMaus at Patricia Field ↗

Pop Cult Club, Spring 2015

A collection about a club of kids who worship at the cult of fashion. All-over prints, Renaissance saints and one-liners: I Have More Followers Than You. The Bags Under My Eyes Are Prada. In Times of Need I Pray to Saint Laurent.

I Have More Followers Than You tee with a Renaissance ChristYou Can’t Sit With Us teeHAUTE tee in yellow and red
The Bags Under My Eyes Are PradaLike a Boss Kate MossIn Times of Need I Pray to Saint Laurent
Lookbook: model leaping in a printed teeLookbook: model in a Lagerfeld tee and pink tightsLookbook: model in a pale blue printed tee
Hand-drawn lookbook illustrationHand-drawn lookbook illustration: Sauvé CoutureHand-drawn lookbook illustration: HAUTE
The Lagerfeld graphic Miley Cyrus woreSauvé Couture tee backstage
Backstage: two models in Pop Cult Club prints

Presentation, Fall 2014

Presentation model in an eye print teePresentation model in a blue print teePresentation models in print tees and neon tights
The Fall 2014 presentation lineup
The Fall 2014 presentation
Lineup in printed tees and pink tightsGuest in the HAUTE tee
T-shirts are one of the only garments that get better the more you wash them and wear them. They develop stories.
Chris Sauvé, NOW Magazine
Pop Cult Club tees, animatedSauvé Couture, the hand-lettered tee

New for 2026

Lady Liberty in Knicks blue and orange, and Divine in electric yellow. Drawn by hand, signed like everything else.

Lady Liberty holding a basketball in Knicks blue and orange, signed SauvéThe Knicks Lady Liberty tee
Divine portrait in electric yellowThe Divine tee in black
Lookbook: seated portrait in the Divine teeLookbook: the Divine tee with yellow wigThe Divine tee on concrete
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