{"id":16641,"date":"2022-08-25T00:50:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T22:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=16641"},"modified":"2022-08-25T00:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T22:50:21","slug":"south-african-music-legend-anton-goosen-launches-his-own-line-of-vellies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/08\/25\/south-african-music-legend-anton-goosen-launches-his-own-line-of-vellies\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Music Legend, Anton Goosen, Launches His Own Line Of Vellies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the years, Anton Goosen<\/strong>\u2019s music has become synonymous with the Afrikaans culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In celebration of his successful career and heritage, the Liedjieboer has joined forces with Vellie Boutique to launch his own exclusive line of vellies, called JANTJIE VELLIES<\/strong> that was manufactured according to his unique specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anton, who has been wearing vellies on stage since the 80s, has always been obsessed with this comfortable shoe and even has a 1980 painting (by Hermien Spies) of a pair he bought at Karasburg Handelshuis in the old Southwest Africa, which was used on the cover of his third album, Liedjieboer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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These shoes, which he still nostalgically refers to today, were made of kudu leather (or as he says \u2013 \u201cit was a kudu before it was a shoe\u201d) and attracted a lot of attention because the laces broke while he was on tour, and he had to replace them with white electrical wire because that was all he could find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audiences enjoyed this humorous anecdote so much that it became part of his shows and he always used to joke that the wire laces were extra special because you could plug them in to connect to the \u201cbeat\u201d of the music. It is this story that served as inspiration for the musician and songwriter\u2019s own unique vellies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Vonk Musiek\u2019s Kobie Koen, JANTJIE VELLIES<\/strong> can be described as modern vellies that were manufactured according to old, nostalgic values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnton wanted a nostalgic design that relates to the shoes he wore in the painting, and we made about seven rounds of changes before the final product was completed,\u201d<\/em> he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s a low-cut suede vellie that fits comfortably like a slipper but is modern enough to meet the latest trends. We are very proud of the final product.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name of the shoe was inspired by his hit, Jantjie<\/em>, which was recorded and made famous by Sonja Herholdt in 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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