Fashion and Graffiti?

Fashion and graffiti, who would have known that these two creative forces could be combined. Well, when you have women at the hem of course graffiti can be oh so fabulous! Women are changing the way we look at what was once known as "gritty" street art.

CLAW

Claw a New York City native has been tagging for 19 years. Her signature symbol a "W" shaped two-toned paw has been seen in L.A. and in Europe as well. Claw, who is the fashion director at Swindle Magazine also has her own collection of sunglasses, called CLAWMONEY, which are handmade in Japan. She has also created a line of silk bombers made of vintage fabrics. Think 1980's Versace.

LADY PINK

Widely known as the 1st female graffiti artist in NYC, Lady Pink along with her artist hubby organizes groups to tag in dilapidated areas of New York City, adding color to grey abandoned areas of the metropolitan . "We were painting trains trying to figure out what to do when we grew up, not knowing that it was right there in front of us."

FAFI

The 31-year-old South of France native brings sexiness to graffiti with her Betty Boop-esque caricatures. While Fafi started tagging in the early 1990's, she has just wrapped up a collection for Adidas and is now designing bright, colorful, fun, imaginative bags for LeSportsac coming this spring.

Learn more about female graffiti artists by picking up Nicholas Ganz's book Graffiti Women: Street Art From Five Continents