Return of “The Fly”. part 1
In an effort to relive younger days, I began searching for sunglasses that Bono(U2) wore in the early 90s, known as “fly” glasses. In the mid 90s I did have a very similar pair that I missplaced several years back. This subject might be boring to some, a broken record to those who have heard the story, but it was meant to be. History101: The original glasses that Bono wore were made by Bolle. Lunasports as they were called were a one piece wrap around style very high quality for there time. These glasses were made in France in the 60s, these are very rare nowadays, Ive only seen one pair for sale, for $1000, yikes! The story goes that U2s wardrobe man found 3 pairs at a thrift store and gave them to Bono. Propaganda is a fanzine and merchandise company sanctioned by U2, back in the early nineties you could buy very poorly made replicas of the originals for $15.00. I just recently saw a pair sell for $160 on ebay, kind of steep for glasses that give you a headache in ten minutes. I have spent about three months looking for originals or anything similar to them, I did find some that are close but the company is in Brazil. After many attempts to contact them I gave up. One other lead looked very promising but it crashed and burned also. Part 2 will be posted soon and I’ll let you know how my search ends. P.S no Emily, your not the idiot.