New York-based artist and recent 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 prodigy always looks back to his mother for inspiration. “When I was a child, she would create her own over-sized, silk-screened, bold-graphic t-shirts,” recalls the artist from his West Village 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 became controversial collector’s items after being embraced by NEW YORK MAGAZINE, VOGUE, ELLE, and PEREZ HILTON. Before migrating to the West Village, Sauve worked as a political graphic designer with ADBUSTERS MAGAZINE where he co-designed the book DESIGN ANARCHY. He eventually settled in Brooklyn and immediately began receiving commissions to design theater and rock posters while he painted from his East Williamsburg artist commune.