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Not Afraid 08-01-2005 12:52 PM

The Newest store in DTD - Anne Geddes
 
Here's the Yahoo news.


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

Anne Geddes Flagship Store Coming in Fall 2005


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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 08-01-2005 01:17 PM

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

AllyOops! 08-01-2005 01:23 PM

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 08-01-2005 02:33 PM

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

Tref 08-01-2005 02:52 PM

I can't wait to miss it!

Disneyphile 08-01-2005 03:09 PM

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

Or, at least a free insulin shot!

Blah. Wasted space.

innerSpaceman 08-01-2005 03:17 PM

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

Not Afraid 08-01-2005 03:24 PM

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


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

mousepod 08-01-2005 03:37 PM

Geddes, yuk.

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

wendybeth 08-01-2005 03:46 PM

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

Matterhorn Fan 08-01-2005 03:48 PM

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 08-01-2005 03:54 PM

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 08-01-2005 04:05 PM

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

Not Afraid 08-01-2005 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod
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.


Eliza Hodgkins 1812 08-01-2005 04:15 PM

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 08-01-2005 05:10 PM

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 08-01-2005 06:55 PM

They're gonna sell babies at Downtown Disney?

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

€uroMeinke 08-01-2005 08:14 PM

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 08-02-2005 08:28 AM

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 08-02-2005 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Claire
....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 08-02-2005 08:57 AM

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

Betty 08-02-2005 10:29 AM

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 08-02-2005 10:30 AM

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 08-02-2005 10:47 AM

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.

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Originally Posted by 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/

Have to admit, I've never liked that stuff. That black and white then colorized thing bugs me...

I mean, huh? 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, it's like Anderson had these kids make out for an hour. :eek:

Not Afraid 08-02-2005 12:40 PM

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 08-02-2005 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid
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 08-02-2005 07:29 PM

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 08-02-2005 08:18 PM

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

dsnylndmom 08-02-2005 08:56 PM

Ewwww that's just ewwww.

Not Afraid 08-02-2005 09:11 PM

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


:evil:

dsnylndmom 08-02-2005 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid
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 08-02-2005 10:16 PM

LOL! Stinger in or out? :evil:

Kevy Baby 08-04-2005 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid
LOL! Stinger in or out? :evil:

It probably will depend on if he's been looking at pictures of Lolita Davidovich.


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