Mousketeers For A Modern Age: MadMaus Tees, Prints and Pillows by Christopher Lee Sauvé.

 I am loving this new collection of t-shirts, art prints and pillows by Christopher Lee Sauvé. The black and white graphic illustrations depict fashion, music, celebrities and other pop culture icons donning Disney "Mouse Ears."

The 9 Finalists and Winner Of The Diet Coke STAYEXTRAORDINARY Design Challenge.

Diet Coke has been going for a more fashionable angle for awhile now. Gaultier's fun Diet Coke campaign, Karl Lagerfeld and other fashion designer bottle designs and now a new can design by San Francisco design shop Turner Duckworth (initially introduced as a limited edition about a year ago).

But they haven't stopped there. They've enlisted the talents of young designers from top design schools like Parsons, Otis, SCAD and more to help brand the soda with a STAYEXTRAORDINARY t-shirt design contest.



above: the new Diet Coke can design

In June of this year, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Diet Coke entered into a partnership to launch a design contest to find the identifying graphic element that best supports their current STAYEXTRAORDINARY campaign.

THE ASSIGNMENT
To “Design an original “extraordinary” graphic element for a woman’s t-shirt that makes a statement about Diet Coke and those who drink it”.

They asked that the students focus more on the graphic design rather than a text design. To avoid confusion, Diet Coke has removed the font/typography elements from their FTP site so that students focus more on the graphic design itself.

THE WINNER

above: The winning design by Alfonso Gustavo


THE JUDGES
The winning T-shirt design was selected by some of the biggest names in fashion including Vince Voron, associate Vice President, Strategic Design and Integrated Marketing Content, Coca-Cola North America, creative experts from Target and luminary designers Zac Posen, Cynthia Rowley and L’Wren Scott.



THE TOP 20 FINALISTS
* Gustavo Alonso, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami,
Fla.
* Florencia Chaves, Parsons The New School for Design, Brooklyn, N.Y.
* Mackenzie Gaudette, Miami International University of Art and Design,
Miami, Fla.
* Marianne Grobman, Miami International University of Art and Design,
Aventura, Fla.
* Sarah Humphries, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tampa, Fla.
* Adele Jackson, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Kelly Jenkins, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Toni-Marie Koulos, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Xenia Lally, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Zi Lin, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Katherine Owen, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Danielle Perret, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, N.Y.
* Raquel Reyes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Victoria Schermerhorn, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Brianna Scherlock, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Kayla Speedy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Renee Tomic, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Florencia Torlaschi, Miami International University of Art and Design,
Tamarac, Fla.
* Logan Treacy, Savannah College of Art and Design, Charlotte, N.C.
* Mengdi Wu, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, N.Y.

THE TEN FINALIST DESIGNERS AND ARTWORK
(listed alphabetically)

The 20 listed above were then narrowed down to the following ten finalists using the following percentage breakdown:
•Creativity/Originality of Shirt Design (33%);
•Appeal of Submission (33%); and
• Fit to Contest Theme of Extraordinary Design (34%).

Alonso Gustavo (the winner):

Brianna Sherlock:

Florencia Torlaschi:

Katherine Leigh Owen:

Logan Treacy:

Mackenzie Gaudette:

Marianne Grobman:

Mengdi Wu:

Renee Marilyn Tomic:

Zi Lin:


The winner was chosen by fans casting their votes at DietCoke.com/Design

“Diet Coke is an exciting and stylish brand, and we are pleased to be a partner in this unique design challenge,” said Steven Kolb, CEO of the CFDA. “We’re always looking for ways to support the next generation of fashion designers, and this will be an amazing accomplishment for a student to put on a resume before he or she even graduates!”

THE PRIZES
To encourage the talented finalists to continue chasing their passions, two runners-up selected by the judging panel will each receive $2,500 scholarships, and the remaining 17 finalists will each receive $250 scholarships.

Limited-edition t-shirts featuring the winning design by Gustavo Alonso will be produced and available at Target stores next month.

In addition to having his or her design available in Target stores nationwide this September, Alonso also will receive a $10,000 scholarship and a trip to New York City in September to experience the rush of a week of high fashion.

All images and information courtesy of DietCoke.com

Funny Tees for Those Who Prefer A Little Cushion for the Pushin'

In stark contrast to yesterday's post about the controversial ad campaign for Equinox gyms (people protested feeling the models were far too thin), here's a company whose apparel celebrates those who pack on a few extra pounds- and the people who love them.




Sick of dating girls who order a salad with dressing on the side? Or men whose butt is smaller than your own? Whether a foodie, a fattie, a chubby chaser or just a chubby in training, Dpcted of St. Louis has an adorable and clever line of t-shirts for those who prefer a little meat on them bones.









Along with bulge, beards and booze are a few of their other subjects.




And a few others:



All images courtesy of DPCTED

And yes, sizes available are an appropriate Small up to 5XL.

Beginning yesterday, for one week only, the discounted online design flash sale site, Fab.com, has them on sale. (Fab.com is invite only. Please use the following link to register: http://fab.com/y06r4g)



Fab is not selling all of their tees. For a wider selection, or if you miss the sale, be sure to visit DPCTED's online store here.

T-Shirts With 'Tude. Fashionable Satire From Christopher Lee Sauvé.

Honoring and in most cases, mocking, the dead (Alexander McQueen, Princess Di, Michael Jackson, Yves Saint Laurent, and Keith Haring to name but a few), the living (Terry Richardson, Donatella Versace, Karl Lagerfeld et al), the chic (Anna Wintour, Anna Piagi, Tom Ford, Andre Leon Talley, Rachel Zoe, etc) and the tragic (e.g. Brittany Spears, Courtney Love, James Dean and more), the t-shirts and art prints by Christopher Lee Sauvé are both covetable and collectible.



Fashion designers, editors, stylists, photographers, celebrities, icons and cultural mores are ridiculed by Christopher Lee Sauvé in a line of hilarious, controversial and witty designer tees. Tongue in cheek and satirical messages are de rigueur for his fashions and art prints.



Sauvé gained popularity with his "Save Anna" t-shirt as a response to the fashion rumor that Vogue editor Anna Wintour was being replaced.



Since then, he has continued to design and create shirts that poke fun at everyone and everything from Lindsay Lohan and Brittney Spears to wealth, body weight and religion.

















You can view his full and purchase line of t-shirts (underwear and tote bags, too!) here or even create your own here.
Revolve Clothing also carries several of his T-shirts.

About The Designer (from his site):

above image of Christopher Lee courtesy of Dirty Magazine
New York-based artist fashion impresario CHRISTOPHER LEE SAUVÉ is a momma’s boy. Whether he’s drawing inspiration from punk nuevo Brooklyn street kids, or his idol Andy Warhol, this Canadian-born designer always looks back to his mother for inspiration. “When I was a child, in the early 80’s, she would create her own over-sized, silk-screened, bold-graphic t-shirts,” recalls the artist from his Brooklyn studio, “she would cut and rip the neck and wear them as elegant evening dresses. It was revolutionary.”

Not content to wallow in her shadow, SAUVÉ recently burst onto the cultural landscape with his own line of t-shirts that have become controversial collector’s items after being embraced by THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, VOGUE, ELLE, PAPER MAGAZINE and PEREZ HILTON.

His current popularity began when rumors began to circulate the bloggosphere that ANNA WINTOUR was being replaced as editor of VOGUE. The now iconic t-shirt he created simply read: SAVE ANNA.

But it would be a less-likely, Bravo reality show vixen that would usher SAUVÉ into the mainstream, “She would always say, I DIE. BANANAS. over and over again,” says the artist in regards to celebrity stylist RACHEL ZOE. “After I produced the shirt I received a letter from Zoe’s attorney saying that she trademarked the words ‘I Die.’ And ‘Bananas.’ I sent this letter to the press and a media sensation was born. How can someone trademark a fruit?” As a response to the cease and desist letter, SAUVÉ created the FREE THE FRUIT campaign which garnered support from around the globe. It was from this line that the ART (TM) BANANAS t-shirt, which is currently in production, was born.

Currently, he is busy on a collection of hand painted t-shirts for his label CHRISTOPHER LEE SAUVÉ and his t-shirt collection is available at select retail stores in New York, Tokyo, London, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, and Seoul.

For art print inquiries please contact info@christopherleesauve.com