IAMISIGO has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2026 LVMH Prize.

A significant milestone for the contemporary wearable art practice founded by Bubu Ogisi and based across Lagos, Nairobi, and Accra.

The recognition comes at a particularly dynamic moment for Ogisi, who has just concluded a showing at the Dirty Looks exhibition at the Barbican in London - further positioning IAMISIGO at the intersection of fashion and contemporary art.

IAMISIGO doesn’t design clothes.

It builds memory into form. Treating the body as a living archive, the brand merges fashion, craft, and sculpture - telling stories of movement, ancestry, and environment through hand-made pieces rooted in research, ancestral textile knowledge, and experimental processes.

Gallib Gassanoff, founder of the INSTITUTION.

The 2026 LVMH Prize semi-finalist cohort reflects a strong global mix of voices, including Gallib Gassanoff - recently awarded the Zalando Visionary Award. Other semi-finalists include, SSSTEIN, ACT N°1, Colleen Allen, de Pino, Luke Derrick, Gol Shaah, Institution, Julie Kegels, Kartik Research, Kinyan Lam, Lii, Maz Manuel Alvarez, The Nongrak, Petra Fagerström, Ponte, Shinya Kozuka, The V x l l e y, Tiscar Espadas, and Yoshita.

The future of fashion is plural.

But some visions arrive with uncommon depth and clarity.

Rooted. Radical. Forward-looking.

IAMISIGO is exactly where global fashion should be paying attention.