people make the world go round Harper's Bazaar January 1963 Richard Avedon Venturers toward the unknown… In Japan, it is believed that with the dawn of the New Year all our slates are wiped clean. The cares, dilemmas and disasters of the past magically fall away, leaving each of us in essence newborn. If this concept enchants, it takes more than enchantment to give it reality. To be a new being, one must dare to crack the hardened crust of custom – even one’s own cherished customs – and confront one’s self and the world with a sense of venture and a mind as open to wonder as a child’s. This issue is devoted to that questing sense – in fashion, in thought, and even in fantasy. The opening pages provide a brief look at a few of those free spirits in the arts and sciences who are, perhaps, the truest venturers toward the unknown. Which of their innovations will prove valid and revelatory remains to be seen. But the direction of man’s future depends in large measure on the vision, courage and applications of explorers. Harper's Bazaar January 1963 Dr. Frank Rosenblatt ...and part of the simulated biological nerve net that comprises the first cognitive machine: the perceptron Mark 1 - The first computer that could learn new skills by trial and error, using a neural network that simulates human thought processes. The multiple face of the unknown, from which the knowledge, the direction and the hope of man' future will in time emerge Jean Tinguely Kay Harris Jean Tinguely "If you enter a game with the machine, then perhaps you can make a truly joyous machine - by joyous, I mean free." William Katavolos and some of the drawings envisioning an organic architecture that the discoveries of modern chemistry made credible HOW TO RAISE AN EYEBROW James Moore How to raise an eyebrow: Reach for the Stars Richard Avedon Christina Paolozzi How to raise an eyebrow: muffle your beauty Richard Avedon How to raise an eyebrow after five Richard Avedon HOLLYWOOD IS: Hitchcock chasing Inge Balke in Jane Derby below Psycho house Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS Three graces bent midst the oleander in the garden of William Pereira. Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS Sun worship beside Mr. Herbert Cordier's hot-dog-shaped pool Jantzen - hat by Halston Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS Croquet on the grounds of movie producer Samuel Goldwyn and his own club members, Mike Romanoff, Phillip Reed and Cesare Danova. Models in Harrods and Joan Leslie Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS The moonshooter, Dr. William Pickering, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. De De Johnson Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS Aldous Huxley - a towering mind in a land of size, thrust, boom. Davidow - Adolpho hat Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS A movie set with Billy Wilder and Shirley Maclaine Irma La Douce Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS The Old West Rudi Gernreich Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS Corroganville, a training ground for stunt drivers Pendleton Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS Valentino, the dream lover mourned by thousands, his effigy in wax, a symbol to cling to. Murray Zenkel - Mel Naftal Jeanloup Sieff HOLLYWOOD IS The vigil kept with the departed hero Travilla Jeanloup Sieff Furore on Foot The Clog - 1963 Furore on Foot The Clog Herbert Levine CARTE BLANCHE FOR TOWN Adele Simpson - Adolpho Hat Martin Munkacsi SOFT FOCUS Camilla Sparv in Chinchilla by Ben Kahn Martin Munkacsi CARTE BLANCH CHIC Jablow Melvin Sokolsky CARTE BLANCHE CHIC Teal Traina Melvin Sokolsky CARTE BLANCHE CHIC Monte-Sano and Pruzan Melvin Sokolsky THE FINAL WORD ONLY SILK IS SILK Suzy Parker