STUDIO ONE EIGHTY NINE

STUDIO ONE EIGHTY NINE is a social enterprise of award-winning designers (Accra | NY) working with artisans, preserving local techniques & supporting growth of African Fashion Industry. Founded by Rosario Dawson and Abrima Erwiah, we work with creatives that provide a platform to help promote and curate African and African-inspired content through various projects such as media and cultural events and projects.

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TRUE Africa | Behind the scenes of Studio 189’s new collaboration with Uproot Andy

At TRUE Africa, one of our favorite fashion brands is—and has been—Studio 189, which was started by the American actress Rosario Dawson and her Ghanaian friend Abrima Erwiah way back in 2013. Tomorrow in New York City, they launch a collaboration with Edun, another socially minded label founded by Ali Hewson in 2005.

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Studio 189 & Uproot Andy’s Bumper to Bumper mix is an electrifying ride through the diaspora

The design house and Que Bajo party founder team up for a booming mix spanning afrobeats, dembow, and everything in between.

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LION BABE PERFORMING  AT THE FFAM INITIATIVE: ART BASEL EDITION  

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CELEBRATING OUR POP SHOP WITH SURF LODGE & PREVIEWING THE NEW STUDIO 189 MIXTAPE BUMPER TO BUMPER BY UPROOT ANDY

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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK:  UPROOT ANDY’S MIXTAPE FOR STUDIO 189 IS FIRE  

LISTEN TO BUMPER TO BUMPER

The album is called Bumper to Bumper and is a remix album featuring 16 dance floor  ready tracks and the mixtape is more than one hour's worth of beautiful dance music exploring the common thread connecting afrobeats, baile funk, dembow and the afro latin caribbean through to hip hop. It draws from diverse sources but are remixed and re-contextualized so as to blur the lines that separate them and present us with a view of an interconnected shared culture across many genres and languages.

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PHOTO DIARY // A CELEBRATION PREVIEWING UPROOT ANDY’S NEW BUMPER TO BUMPER MIXTAPE FOR STUDIO 189 AT ART BASEL MIAMI 

THE SURF LODGE BUNGALOW AT W SOUTH BEACH 

Guests include Rosario Dawson, 2Chainz, Virgil Abloh, Young Paris, Justine Skye, Lion Babe, Hannah Bronfman, Jerome Lamar, Delphine Diallo and more 

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TK Wonder is featured in The Fader wearing a sneak peak of our new SS17 collection at Afro Punk! 

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Images of Tigray, Ethiopia by Francesco Catalano

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We have an incredible amount of respect and admiration for Delphine Diallo. She's beautiful inside and out and has an amazing vision. Congratulations to this diva for having her work featured in the@therealswizzz #bacardi show recently. Cheers to our partner in crime.@delphinediallo wearing a #studio189 handmade silk batik can print suit | Shot by@bcafricanus available at studiooneeightynine.com

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Willian Santiago: Kalemba

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Rosario Dawson for Yahoo Style. Read the full article here.

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ALICIA KEYS wearing Studio One Eighty Nine’s Jazzy Jeff Skirt! 

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Abrima Erwiah and Rosario Dawson

Co-founders, Studio One Eighty Nine

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Reiss Tumblr | Creative Inspirations

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Ghanian Super Model and Global African Ambassador Hamamat is looking stellar in Studio 189 Andy button down, Japanese-inspired fisherman pants and our recycled glass beads