Studio Duo New York Is Not Your Ordinary Hair Company. We Like To See Ourselves As A Lifestyle Brand For All Women. Encouraging Beauty And Confidence. Making Sure Every Woman Knows She’s That Gworl And Owns It. Founded In 2005 By Mercedes Simmons. Doing Hair With Her Bestfriend In His Sister Studio Apartment, Realizing They Were The Perfect Duo Hustling In This Small Studio Apartment Slaying The Gworls—studio Duo. Keeping The Name And Turning That Dream Into A Reality, Mercedes Now Focuses On Making Sure Every Women Who Experience Studio Duo Feels Like A “bad Puta”—alter Ego She Created For Herself Every Time She Was Done Up—beautiful And Confident.