
Avis Kimble, Playmate of the Month November 1962, pictured in NSS Pocket Playmates 6, 1997
June Cochran, Playmate of the Month December 1962, Avis Kimble, Playmate of the Month November 1962, Linda Moon, Playmate of the Month October 1966, Lynn Winchell, Playmate of the Month December 1967, Carrie Enwright, Playmate of the Month July 1963, and Tish Howard, Playmate of the Month July 1966, along with other Playmates of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, pictured in Japanese edition Mandala Calendar, January 1982
Avis Kimble, Playmate of the Month November 1962, pictured in Playmate of the Month pictorial, Rara Avis. The text accompanying the photos read:
While Chicago is touted as a convention city, we’ve always found its unconventional side much more interesting – especially as personified by an eye-catching iconoclast like Avis Kimble, our bountiful bohemian November Playmate. Auburn-haired Avis, a Windy City citizen by birth and inclination is artistic both in temperament and topography (39-22-36); she paints striking water colors and oils, is a buddingballet dancer and a poetess who happily celebrates self-expression in lieu of carbon-copy conformity. Blessed with catholic tastes, our 18-year-old maverick miss gets a boot from square-dealing artist Piet Mondrian, movie director Ingmar Bergman and the rich prose of novelist Ayn Rand; she gulps vast quantities of artichokes for lunch, will lend her ear at any hour to Chopin or Odetta, loves to wear Italian knit dresses, long gloves and floppy Greta Garbo hats, and digs dating unpretentious guys who don’t knock themselves out trying to impress her with their wealth and wisdom. More upbeat than beat, Avis is sensibly stashing away her earnings as a photographer’s stylist (she sets up props, puts makeup on models, helps with photo composition) to pay for courses at Chicago’s Art Institute, and has her beguiling blue eyes firmly focused on a career as a fashion designer. For a design that will never go out of fashion, flip to the foldout where our poetry buff relaxes by scanning a choice collection of lyrical lines. We suggest that you do the same.