RARA AVIS November Playmate Avis Kimble is a well-constructed nonconformist 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 budding ballet 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.

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