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IAMISIGO
Bubu Ogisi
IAMISIGO is a textile heritage label based in Lagos, Nairobi and Accra, Nigeria, started in 2009. Behind the label: Bubu Ogisi. It is known for wearable art made with artisan communities across Africa, from hand-woven wool to recycled fishing net. Latest milestone on record (2 March 2026): Presents digitally on the official Milan Fashion Week calendar.
Quick facts
IAMISIGO at a glance
- Behind the label
- Bubu Ogisi
- Based
- Lagos, Nairobi and Accra, Nigeria
- Since
- 2009
- Focus
- Textile heritage
- Makes
- Womenswear and menswear conceived as wearable art, plus installations
- Official site
- iamisigo.com ↗
- @iamisigo ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind IAMISIGO?
Bubu Ogisi, who is Nigerian, runs IAMISIGO between Lagos, Nairobi and Accra, working with small artisan communities across the continent on heritage textile techniques and unconventional, often recycled, materials. The V&A dates the label to 2009; Lagos Fashion Week’s directory gives 2013. The museum holds an ensemble from Gods of the Wilderness (Spring/Summer 2019): a hand-woven wool dress with yarn dyed in Kano State, and a veil of recycled fishing net made with the artist Chioma Ebenema. IAMISIGO won the Zalando Visionary Award in January 2025 and in August showed Dual Mandate at Copenhagen Fashion Week, using cotton from Uganda and Kenya, sisal from Tanzania and raffia and jute from Nigeria. It was an LVMH Prize semi-finalist in 2026 and presented digitally on the official Milan calendar that March.
Timeline
IAMISIGO, dated
- 2009Bubu Ogisi founds IAMISIGO, by the V&A’s dating. Source ↗
- 29 January 2025Wins the Zalando Visionary Award at Copenhagen Fashion Week. Source ↗
- 6 August 2025Shows its SS26 collection, Dual Mandate, at Copenhagen Fashion Week. Source ↗
- 31 October 2025Shows off-site, by invitation, at Lagos Fashion Week. Source ↗
- 2026Named a semi-finalist for the LVMH Prize. Source ↗
- 2 March 2026Presents digitally on the official Milan Fashion Week calendar. Source ↗
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- Tokyo James Menswear · since 2015
- Emmy Kasbit Menswear · since 2014
- Fruché Ready-to-wear · since 2014
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Quick answers
IAMISIGO, answered
Who is behind IAMISIGO?
- Bubu Ogisi. IAMISIGO is a textile heritage label based in Lagos, Nairobi and Accra.
When was IAMISIGO founded?
- 2009, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does IAMISIGO make?
- Womenswear and menswear conceived as wearable art, plus installations. It is known for wearable art made with artisan communities across Africa, from hand-woven wool to recycled fishing net.