The Newest store in DTD - Anne Geddes

[Not Afraid]

Here's the Yahoo news. (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050801/15029.html?.v=1)


First Anne Geddes Retail Store to Open in the Downtown Disney District, Anaheim

Anne Geddes Flagship Store Coming in Fall 2005
http://mms.businesswire.com/bwapps/mediaserver/ViewMedia?mgid=50143&vid=4

AUCKLAND, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2005--Anne Geddes' highly popular and internationally renowned product line comes to Southern California this fall when the company's first flagship store opens in the Downtown Disney® District, in Anaheim, California. The Downtown Disney District is the highly energetic avenue leading to the entrances of the famed Disneyland® and Disney's California Adventure(TM) theme parks.

"Anne Geddes products emphasize quality and commitment to family, and we are showcasing our successful range in a specially designed environment that will complement the Downtown Disney District, while offering a unique Anne Geddes experience," commented Kel Geddes, Director of the Geddes Group.

The dedicated 2,700-square-foot flagship Anne Geddes store will offer a broad range of items from the Anne Geddes line. Decorated with large prints of the Australian photographer's stunning images, the Anne Geddes store will display the Anne Geddes Baby clothing collection and accessories for infants and toddlers, including a range of diaper and tote bags, her most recent coffee-table books, calendars and datebooks, plush toys, posters, photo albums, and other items. The flagship location, by Kanner Architects, will also offer new lines including sterling silver keepsake gifts and jewelry, Anne's just-released bedding collection made in Italy, and European-styled wristwatches.
Anne Geddes' award-winning images of babies have become classic icons celebrating birth and life, and the basis for a broad range of popular items noted for fine design and craftsmanship. The preeminent photographer of children is one of the most respected and successful professional photographers in the world. Her work is published in 77 countries spanning North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. A two-time New York Times bestselling author, Anne's award-winning books have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 20 languages. Her 1996 and 1997 New York Times Bestseller Down in the Garden has more than 1.5 million copies in print; Until Now has more than 975,000 copies in print, and Pure, which combines her sophisticated black-and white and color photographs, has 275,000 copies in print. Her website, annegeddes.com, attracts more than 7 million unique visitors from more than 200 countries annually.

[scaeagles]

I have never liked her stuff, and in fact, it has always creeped me out.

[AllyOops!]

Sigh. There goes any hopes for a Starbucks. Or, A Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Keep hopin' Ally, you just keep on hopin'. :(

I absolutely LOVE babies. I'm not sure babies exploited as flower pots, cabbages and little wood sprites has ever sat too well with me. Or maybe it's my searing cramps. Maybe I just need some Midol. Maybe I just really am not a big ol' fan of Anne Geddes.

Or, maybe, just maybe, it's all of the above.

[UvaGirl]

Ew! I hate her stuff with a passion. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:(

[Tref]

I can't wait to miss it!

[Disneyphile]

Ew!!! Do they have complimentary barf bags at the entrance?

Or, at least a free insulin shot!

Blah. Wasted space.

[innerSpaceman]

Anne Geddes is soooo 10-years-ago! Gak. But typical for Disney-timely synergy.

[Not Afraid]

I thought she had already wilted away.........ugh.


WHY can't we have something INTERESTING???????????????

[mousepod]

Geddes, yuk.

But what do you mean "Disney timely synergy," iSm? VAN HALEN ON SPACE MOUNTAIN! Duuuuude! They are so with the times.

[wendybeth]

I'm thinking the Imagineer working on those projects must hail from Eastern Washington. (Still the mullett capital of the West!)

[Matterhorn Fan]

Those pictures of babies aren't art; they're glurge.

Someone needs to find out which space this is going to go into, pronto. I'll need to plan to walk around it on my next trip. Or take the monorail into the park. Or stay at a hotel on Harbor.

[scaeagles]

I've always liked the work of Kim Anderson when it comes to photos of young children. Very tasteful. For those unfamiliar with her work, here's a site with several of her photos.

http://www.kim-arts.com/

[mousepod]

What about the Larry Clark shop? Is that still opening at DTD?

[Not Afraid]

What about the Larry Clark shop? Is that still opening at DTD?

I sure hope so. We need SOMETHING to bring us down from Geddes and Build-a-Whore.

http://www.pavementmagazine.com/larryclark_pc4.jpg

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Anne Geddes: Edible babies, all you can eat!

That's what I think when I see her babies. Baby peas in pods for a giant's tasty delights. Little human babies spirited away to the cruel fairy lands where they are transfigured into half-baby/half-peony creatures before being gobbled up.

Anne Geddes' work should be taken more seriously. Hers is not subject matter for Hallmark cards. It's not about being cute. I suspect Anne Geddes has been kidnapped by fairies, as well. She's only alive because her photographs make their menus look more appealing. "Baby de cabbage!" "Baby de pea pod!" "Baby au Flower Petal!"

How the images leak out into our mortal world we may never know, but I believe they are Anne Geddes' cry for help. And all you f**kers are mocking her while hundreds and thousands of our human babies disappear and die in the hands of the cruel fairy race.

What is WRONG with you people? You should all be ashamed. I bet this store is a portal to their world. We MUST save the babies from the fairy cooking pots!

Those who love me, follow me!

[scaeagles]

One of my wife's best friends had twins a year or so ago. A boy and a girl. She couldn't wait to show us the pics of her little cuties from Halloween. I said something to the effect of "as long as it's not some sort of Anne Geddes crap like pea pods or something."

Oops.

She pulled out a photo of them dressed as pea pods, with a heading of "two peas in a pod" at the top.

[CoasterMatt]

They're gonna sell babies at Downtown Disney?

That goes hand in hand with the Build-A-Whore place...

[€uroMeinke]

Of all the retail possibilities, this is what they pick? I know this is the first one of these on the North American continent, but I ask, does there even need to be one?

[Claire]

Why on earth would there be an entire store filled with her crap??? That makes me want to vomit into little flower pots filled with half nekkid babies.

Jesus crap, I was hoping this was some kind of joke, not a reality.

I hope they put in some kind of photo studio there....so when we visit as a family in December, Courtney can get all dressed up as a butterfly, Cassidy can dress like a bumblebee, and Chloe can dress like a flower and I can pretend to roll around in faux grass and get tickled by my sweet little angel children all dressed like scary crappy things.

This sucks.

[libraryvixen]

....Courtney can get all dressed up as a butterfly, Cassidy can dress like a bumblebee, and Chloe can dress like a flower and I can pretend to roll around in faux grass and get tickled by my sweet little angel children all dressed like scary crappy things.

This sucks.

LOL Oh Claire, I love it. I'd love to see what that picture looks like! :cheers:

[Stan4dSteph]

I had no idea Anne Geddes could inspire such a passionate response from so many.

[Betty]

I used to like Anne Geddes - quite a while ago when my kids where just tiny babies and I could picture them dressed up in a cute photo. Don't really care one way or another now though. I didn't realize so many people couldn't stand her photos though.

[mistyisjafo]

I've never been a fan of Anne Geddes stuff. But I know there are people who like that kind of thing. But still, an ENTIRE store??? Can't we have a cooler place than another "theme" store?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I like cute babies.

But a WHOLE FREAKIN' STORE? And they do get kinda creepy after a while. They so could have picked something better.

I've always liked the work of Kim Anderson when it comes to photos of young children. Very tasteful. For those unfamiliar with her work, here's a site with several of her photos.

http://www.kim-arts.com/Have to admit, I've never liked that stuff. That black and white then colorized thing bugs me...

I mean, huh? (http://www.kim-arts.com/pictures/kiss/close_and_personal.htm) Who are these odd children dressed in vintage clothes, making out on street corners? Little kids kissing each other really quick is ok, but making out...especially if you look at the whole gallery (http://www.kim-arts.com/pictures/kim_anderson_gallerykissing.htm), it's like Anderson had these kids make out for an hour. :eek:

[Not Afraid]

I LOVE collorized photos. Real, vintage ones. You can tell the care and technique that went into each one - and they were done individually.

Now, it's just a computer generated look. Still fine, but without the charm of the stunning originals.

The thing about Geddes that bugs me is what bugs me about Shag or Christopher Radko at Disneyland. They market it as "fine art" but it's not. It's just decent design of a "product". It's a decent product, but it's basically production work.

But, whatever. I can't wait to see Chris dressed as a bumble bee.


Wouldn't it be fun to go a group portrait of LoTters as Geddes characters?

[Disneyphile]

Wouldn't it be fun to go a group portrait of LoTters as Geddes characters?Now *that* sounds like a fun Photoshop project..... :evil:

[flippyshark]

Ickiest thread ever...

The Geddes images that I cringe at the most are the ones with babies hanging in sheer nylon bags, often dangling from a woman's stomach, like some kind of mutant external pregnancy. EEEEW! Other pictures have these teeny little preemie looking infants just dangling in a bag in the air. Disturbing. Reminds me of the Suburban Lawns song "I Can't Bag Your Love," ("Squeeze it til it sags, baby in a bag, baby in a bag...")

I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't charmed by this stuff. (I'm also really happy that the baby character trend has faded - y'know, Muppet Babies, Disney Babies, Baby Pooh, Pup Named Scooby Doo, Baby Mutant Ninja Turtles, Justice Babies of America, Baby Friends, Baby Seinfeld, Who Wants To Be A Baby, etc)

[Name]

Who's Anne Geddes?
is she as good as this guy... www.jonmaddenphotography.com ?
/sarcasm

[dsnylndmom]

Ewwww that's just ewwww.

[Not Afraid]

Let's see........for Tina.......A PINK SPARKLEY SUNFLOWER.
Kyler and Shawn can be little lady bugs.


:evil:

[dsnylndmom]

Let's see........for Tina.......A PINK SPARKLEY SUNFLOWER.
Kyler and Shawn can be little lady bugs.


:evil:
I'm sure they would loveeeeeee that. We'll have to get a shot of them with Chris in his bumblebee costume! :cheers:

[Not Afraid]

LOL! Stinger in or out? :evil:

[Kevy Baby]

LOL! Stinger in or out? :evil:
It probably will depend on if he's been looking at pictures of Lolita Davidovich.