Go-one

Go-one

Exotic leather accessories · Japan

Go-one works with rare exotic leathers that few makers venture into: neckties, bow ties, and watch straps in galuchat — the stingray skin long prized in French luxury craft for its mosaic of glass-bead nodules — alongside crocodile and other exotics. The pieces are bold in color and uncompromising in material, designed to be unlike anything else.

"Being told our work is 'outrageous' or 'crazy' is the highest compliment."
— Naohiko Sano, Go-one

The brand was founded by Naohiko Sano, an outsider to the leather trade. An encounter with a craftsman specializing in crocodile watch straps — and a conviction that work of that quality deserved a wider audience — was where it all began. Go-one has built its following quietly since, without advertising, through word of mouth among customers with a discerning eye.