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Aldo Kleyn Leather Designs

Thesen Island, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa

Aldo Kleyn hand-cuts and stitches exotic-skin handbags, belts and wallets, building on techniques he began developing as a teenager in a small Johannesburg shop before running a store in New York. His Thesen Island flagship, opened in 2010, is known for reworking crocodile leather into wearable designs rather than traditional accessories alone.

Best for — Handmade crocodile-leather bags, belts and wallets

Knysna, South Africa

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