Fly girl

I did a photoshoot in the 90s with a ton of Black Flys sunglasses. I kept these for myself. No woman I’ve met would wear them, and I loved them as mountain biking shades because the color made it easier to see the terrain. My brother told me they were too gay, but I wore them anyway. I think I saw Parry Farrell wear a pair just like them once on MTV.

I recently rediscovered them going through basement boxes. Leta loves them. Maybe she’ll be the first female to actually put them on and like wearing them. Or maybe she’ll wear them at a 90s party making fun of grunge and the neo-70s/electronic space age fashions.

  • http://spankyourcat.blogspot.com/ christilee

    Parry Farrell is hot and so is Leta. I wish I could see the Photo, but it is not showing up. I imagine she looks wonderful (as Parry Farrell does, because he is god) in whatever you guys put her in.

  • http://jesslin.com/blog/ jess

    Leta is most definitely the cutest kid I’ve ever seen!

  • http://cheeseblog.org e

    HA! I think this is my new favoritest picture of Leta – EVER! :-)

  • http://sunday.sectionx.org Seven

    That’s possibly the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. And those glasses are hot. I’d wear ‘em.

  • http://www.monocerdo.com MonoCerdo

    Next stop: Lead singer of an indie rock band, Leta and the Black Flys.

  • http://thefathousewife.blogspot.com/ Strizz

    She is adorable. Thanks for updating, FINALLY.

  • http://httpp://www.teamjuliegrant.com Julie

    I’d totally wear those glasses, I’m all about the funk.

  • http://peggasus.blogspot.com Peggasus

    One of the best part of having kids is using them for funny pictures: wigs, hats, pirate knives between the teeth and teaching them so say ‘arrrrgh’, as a guitar, with big glasses (like those) behind the wheel of your cousin’s Corvette.

    And we’re laughing with them, not at them, cause they’re so darn cute. Until they get old enough to start objecting to being used as props, that is.

  • http://superverygood.com sue

    i’m a girl, and i used to wear black flys, in fact you couldn’t even get them here, so i had a friend in the usa buy me a pair.
    i miss my black flys, never thow any of them away. Even if they are not cool when leta is bigger, they might be considered vintage and the sale of them will pay for her college

  • http://midvaleschool.blogspot.com Courtney

    She’s fabulous, Jon.

  • http://jenorama.com Jen

    Maw haw haw haw haw, what else are children for?

  • http://www.jigglebox.co.uk/beth Beth

    She is too cool for school! Great shot!

  • http://moxiemoron.diaryland.com Moxie

    The Jon Armstrong/Elton John love child.

  • http://www.mamalife.blogspot.com Lisa

    What an incredibly cute picture!!! Theses days my 10 1/2 month old girl pulls her sunglasses off, chews them, and throws them under the wheels of her stroller… perhaps I will have to get her a pair of those Black Flys!

  • http://eyesaverted.blogspot.com/ Wicked H

    Miss Leta is stylin and profilin!!

  • http://konzadiary.diaryland.com/ juli

    Now tell the truth. Did she put them in her mouth before she put them on her face?

  • http://shenuts.com Sarcastic Journalist

    there’s something about that picture, she looks so much older than she is.

  • http://www.maxigumee.com maxigumee

    Oh my gosh. That has to be THE custest picture of Leta in the entire planet world thing EVER! It’s up there with the one of her kissing Chuck (http://www.dooce.com/photos/nikon/nikon15_small.jpg)!

  • http://www.mamaramma.blogspot.com Mamaramma

    Together, she and Bono will RULE THE WORLD!

  • http://www.tattoostation.co.uk minxlj

    This has to be the funniest pic of Leta:
    http://www.dooce.com/photos/leta/5_21_06.html

    It makes me smile. And I’m not even a ‘baby person’ :-)
    As she gets older, the photos have more and more personality in them, she’s definitely coming into her own. And she’s bringing Black Flys with her!!!

  • http://thinkdrastic.net/ Olly

    I’m sorry? You used them mountain biking? Nutter :-)

  • ashik

    Grooovy, baby!!

    Will you get her a leather bodysuit to go with the glasses? Maybe one in purple?

  • http://explosivelaughter.blogspot.com heather deeeee

    she is sooooo cute!

    i have a picture of myself like that at around the same age, wearing my mom’s bad 70′s sunglasses….too funny.

  • http://www.pissybritches.blogspot.com Pissy Britches

    Awww..Damn..I love those..how cute. Where can I get some? I would wear them.

  • http://redhappens.com red

    omg she is so freaking cute in that picture. i love the mouth-open smile. my ovaries are hurting!