Ties and jewelry by Dibi, vintage shirt, jeans by Levi’s, belt by Prada, blouses provided by Minás Boutique & Gallery, tights by Calvin Klein

Ties and jewelry by Dibi, vintage shirt, jeans by Levi’s, belt by Prada, blouses provided by Minás Boutique & Gallery, tights by Calvin Klein

Ties and jewelry by Dibi
On Jeremy: Shirt by vintage Levi’s, jeans by Guess, briefs by Calvin Klein
On Alexandra: Shirt by Michael Bastian, vintage jeans
On Holly: Shirt by vintage Levi’s, jeans by American Apparel

Ties and jewelry by Dibi
On Jeremy: Shirt by vintage Levi’s, jeans by Guess, briefs by Calvin Klein
On Alexandra: Shirt Michael Bastian, vintage jeans, shoes by BCBG Max Azria
On Holly: Shirt by vintage Levi’s, jeans by American Apparel, shoes by BCBG Max Azria

Tutus provided by Minás Boutique & Gallery, vintage bras

Ties and jewelry by Dibi, shirt by Hugo Boss, pants by Levi’s, belt by G-Star, tutus provided by Minás Boutique & Gallery, vintage bras

Ties and jewelry by Dibi, shirt by Hugo Boss, pants by Levi’s, belt by G-Star, tutus provided by Minás Boutique & Gallery, vintage bra

Ties and jewelry by Dibi, shirt by Hugo Boss, pants by Levi’s, belt by G-Star, tutus provided by Minás Boutique & Gallery, vintage bra

Ties and jewelry by Dibi, shirt by Hugo Boss, tutus provided by Minás Boutique & Gallery, vintage bras

Photographs: Will Manning
Models: Jeremy Santucci, Holly Miller and Alexandra Mielczarek
Stylist: Ana Giraldo-Wingler
Hair & makeup: H.A. Lee

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Wrath of the Fire Mountain by Kemal Jufri

Wednesday, May 16, 6 p.m., solo exhibition by Kemal Jufri; to be held at Komunitas Salihara, in Jl. Salihara 16, Pasar Minggu.

Wednesday, May 16 until 26, art exhibition with contemporer photographer; to be held at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bale Tonggoh.

Thursday, May 17 until 20, art exhibition by ArtHK Art Fair; to be held in Hong Kong.
Presenting artworks from Indonesia: Nadi Gallery, Langgeng Gallery, Ark Gallery, Arndt Gallery, Galerie Michael Janssen from Berlin and other galleries.

Art exhibition by Hongkong International Art Fair

Saturday, May 19, 3.30 p.m., art exhibition by Indonesian Ceramic Art: A Progress Report; to be held at Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik, Jl. Pos Kota no. 2, Jakarta-Barat.

Sunday, May 20, 1 p.m., Heritage Auction; to be held at Jl. Tanah Abang IV No. 23. Viewing of the auction starts from Friday, May 19.

Sunday, May 20, 4.30 p.m., 50th Anniversary of Galeri Hadiprana & Pameran Bersama; to be held at Mitra Hadiprana Boutique Mall, Kemang Raya 30.

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Above: Ostrich-feather jacket by Givenchy, belt by Celine

When she met up with DA MAN recently, Kimmy Jayanti had just returned to Jakarta after spending four days and three nights in Macau. Her visit to the Sin City of Asia was more like an adventure, rather than a vacation, if only because she flew there all by herself and spent most of her time exploring local attractions or observing people. “I love going to exciting places. I love history and I want to learn about what made those places,” begins Kimmy. “For instance, Macau used to be occupied by Portugal, so that’s why it has Portuguese as its second language, or why it has these really hot Portuguese bartenders,” she says, chuckling. “Also, the old buildings there are just so cool!” she continues, while letting out an excited howl.

And there you have it, Kimmy at large. It’s true that she’s just as wacky as the crazy color-dyed pixie-cut hair she’s famous for: She doesn’t just laugh but rather cackles with her mouth open, she whoops hysterically when she gets enthusiastic about things (which happens a lot), walks around the shoot location half-naked and only stops flailing when she’s already in front of the camera. Yet, she’s still happy to sit down and geek about an ancient building. “[The real] Kimmy is not as crazy as you think. She’s not as wild as her appearance suggests,” she says. “I’m only glamorous on the runway or at the photo shoot. Once I’m back to the real life, I would be the Kimmy who eats at street stalls, hangs with friends, winds down with a drink.”

Once you get to know her well, Kimmy is just a normal 20-something, who happens to be a high-earning model and backpacking junkie. “I want to see things I haven’t seen and are beautiful,” she says of her travel addiction. “It gives me pleasure. My job is indeed priceless, but what I do to spend what I earn from working and being able to visit places because of it; that’s even more priceless. For example, if I work for a whole week, the money I earn will be used to travel somewhere. I’m not the type who would waste it all on shopping.” But when the opportunity arises, she’s not the one to give it away. “I walked into the casino in Macau with 10,000 Macanese pataca (Macau currency) and left with 50,000!” she says, guffawing. She ended up exiting the country with a few pairs of new Jimmy Choos.

Dress by Alberta Ferretti, shoes by Jimmy Choo

It wasn’t the only time Kimmy found great luck on her side. Her first venture into modeling, in fact, happened with a bit of luck as well. She was still a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Medan, her hometown, when fate came calling. “One time, I was on my way home from school and a man on a motorcycle came up to me,” she says. “I think he saw that I was tall for a 14-year-old, so he asked, ‘Hey, do you want to be a model?’ I was, like, ‘Who are you?’” Although the man, who turned out to be working for an agency, freaked her out a little, Kimmy couldn’t get his offer out of her head and told her mother about it. Her mother unexpectedly encouraged her to go for it. With her mother’s blessing, Kimmy participated in a local modeling competition, which she won. As luck would have it, one of the judges of the competition happened to be Keke Harun, a renowned top model and owner of one of the biggest modeling agencies in the country. “She told me to go to Jakarta, but I said no,” she says. “But finally, when I was 16, I decided to leave for Jakarta. I told my mom that I would see how things would be like for two months. So l left. And I haven’t returned yet.”

With dark olive skin and an in-your-face personality, it’s hard to imagine Kimmy as someone whose presence would ever go unnoticed. But her first year saw her struggling for the spotlight. “I wanted to be different among my fellow models. I wanted to be beautiful in my own way, without having others feel like I was their competitor. So I decided to cut off my hair,” she says. “But it was hard at first, because most people were already attached to the idea of models having to have long hair. I wanted to convince them, ‘This is happening!’ So if they offered me a job but wanted me to put on a wig, I would refuse right away.” Her stubbornness paid off when celebrated stylist Michael Pondaag took his chance on her. From then on, things have fallen into place nicely for her. Her dark skin and blonde hair (previously dyed platinum, gray and purple), which used to be deal breakers, are now hot commodities.

Of her success, Kimmy says, ‘’I didn’t expect anything. I am just me. I’m comfortable this way. If you don’t like it, whatever.” She continues, “I think it’s good to be who you are. I know I wasn’t born blonde, but I feel like [with it] I’ve finally found my identity.”

 Left: Necklace by Lanvin, high-waisted bikini bottoms by La Perla, shoes by Jimmy Choo Right: Obi by Jean Paul Gaultier

If the modeling awards Kimmy has been getting are any indication, it seems everyone is loving her new identity as well. For three years in a row, she was honored as the best model of the year by a popular female magazine. When an event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia required top model representatives from all around Asia, she was the one they called to represent Indonesia. And those don’t even cover the half of everything she’s gotten thus far. “I deserve them!” she says. “Because of the things I have sacrificed to be different from the rest, my dedication to work, the chemistry I build with and how I embrace clients, my working manner; not everyone can have them. Also it’s because of the way I care about my work, especially when compared to some other models, who couldn’t care less about what they do.”

For someone who never intended to be a model (as a kid, she wanted to be a policewoman), Kimmy does care about modeling very much. “The first time I was on the runway, I remember telling myself, ‘I actually like this. I like walking on the catwalk, being the center of attention, being adored,’” she says. “And I’m the type of person, who, once I decide to do something, I have to love it. So, with modeling, I have decided to love it. It, for me, is pleasure. I mean, to be able to wear a Givenchy or Versace dress on a photo shoot; it’s pleasure! It’s something I cannot get anywhere else.” Kimmy isn’t exaggerating when she talks about having to sacrifice a lot of things. First off, her hair. “I have to bleach my hair once a month,” she says. “And it hurts. There are scars on my scalp now. But this is the risk that I’m taking.”

And then, there’s still the wrath of the boyfriend. “Yeah, he sometimes gets mad about me taking sexy pictures. But I would tell him, ‘Honey, I know what I’m doing.’” Her plea works. It doesn’t hurt that she’s dating someone who is, “a gentleman,” “a businessman [who] I know would take a good care of me” and “a good guy.” She adds, “I’ve been dating since I was 15. I don’t want to play games anymore. I’m done with bad boys.”

 Bralette by Celine, skirt by Givenchy, shoes by Jimmy Choo

When it comes to her future, Kimmy says, “I’m not ambitious. But I do have plans.” Those plans include a part in a movie, a follow-up to her Indonesian Movie Awards-nominated role in I Know What You Did on Facebook. Though not sure what kind of movie she wants to be in next, she knows she wants to play someone who is entirely different from her personality. “I want to prove to everyone that I have an even bigger capacity as an actor.”

She’s more sure-footed about the other plans. Her studies, for example. After choosing modeling over school, she’s ready to go back to class this September, majoring in Fashion Business, which should support her other plan: to launch her own fashion brand. “I’ve been designing my own clothes because I just don’t want to be the same with everyone else,” she says. Not a part of her near future, though, is leaving Jakarta. “I haven’t had any plan to work overseas,” she says. Although she won’t mind residing in London, once she gets a chance. “I love Agyness Deyn,” she says, mentioning the London-based supermodel, with whom Kimmy has often been compared. Of this, she comments, “I am inspired by her, but I’m not her.”

Left: Jumpsuit by Lanvin Right: Ostrich-feather fringe vest by Roberto Cavalli, shoes by Jimmy Choo

Kimmy may not have superstar ambitions, but a girl can dream. “London, Paris, New York; I think all models want to be there. It would be awesome if I could be photographed for Vogue. Maybe I’d get to meet Anna Wintour,” she says dreamily. “I can be Kimmy Summour.” DA

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Photographs: Nurulita/Fotomojo

Styling: Gabriela Batti

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Mesh blazer, shirt and bow tie by Dolce Gabbana, jeans by Nudie

Even without a fake handlebar moustache and intricate traditional costume—which includes a pair of wings behind his back–Tora Sudiro would be a believable Ghatotkacha; a popular character in the Mahabharata epic. With charming good looks, the 38-year-old actor has just the right stuff that made him the perfect fit for the title role in Gatotkaca Jadi Raja (Ghatotkacha Becomes King) – Battle for the Throne, a play that took place in February in Jakarta.

But Tora sees it differently. “Ghatotkhaca’s too commercialized,” he says. “He’s everywhere. He’s the most handsome, the most fierce. He’s too idolized.” Tora, apparently, relates more to Ghatotkacha’s brother, Antareja, who only exists in the Javanese version of the great Indian epic. “Antareja doesn’t talk much,” he continues. “I want to be like him.”

It’s probably hard to believe that someone as famously humorous as Tora would side with a character, as legend has it, that’s so quiet and serious. But the truth is, most people have been so fixated on his involvement as one of the main cast-members of Extravaganza, a sketch comedy TV show, that they tend to forget that Tora got his big break as a serious actor, when he portrayed a gay man in the satirical drama, Arisan! (Social Gathering; 2003). That performance earned him the Best Actor award at the Indonesian Film Festival.

Velvet blazer, shirt and handkerchief by Canali, pants by Topman

But after Arisan!, and especially after Extravaganza started, Tora has rarely appeared in anything but comedy shows and films, usually no-thinking slapstick. The last hard-hitting drama he was in was 2005’s surrealist flick Banyu Biru (Blue Banyu). He had to wait approximately six years before he landed a role in 2011’s sequel to Arisan! and this year’s Kita Versus Korupsi (Us Versus Corruption), an anthology movie that consists of four short films about corruption in Indonesia. His other films have mostly been slapstick comedies such as Quickie Express (2007), Benci Disko (Hating Disco; 2009) and Perempuan-Perempuan Liar (Wild Girls; 2011), to name a few.

In reality, Tora, who recently co-founded a community for moped enthusiasts—or in Indonesian, motor bebek—called Seloli (read: slowly), never fully sees himself as a funny guy. “I see myself as a serious man and a relaxed one at the same time,” he says. “I’m Benetton,” he adds with a big grin.

“People usually come up to me and say, ‘It’s easy to be you, you’re so carefree about everything.’ But it’s not true. I can be very self-conscious sometimes. And I do get mad now and again. There are times, when I’m about to shoot a scene, I’d ask [the director], ‘What should I do?’ And they’d say, ‘Just do you.’ Well, which part of me?”

Fortunately for DA MAN, we don’t get to meet the angry Tora during the photo shoot session. We do, however, meet his self-conscious side. Tora evidently gets camera shy every few takes or so. You can easily tell when he does, because that’s when he would try to counterbalance things by cracking jokes. Repeatedly telling us that he feels embarrassed because he’s never been in a fashion shoot before, laughter seems to be his highly effective defense mechanism.

Outfit by Versace

No joke

When it comes to being in front of a movie camera, though, Tora is not one to shy from serious hard work. “I want to make really good movies,” he says, when asked about his ambition. “I know some of the movies I’ve made are really bad; I accept that.”

He adds, “As an actor, I used to be able to make choices. For instance, I could choose to play in one movie over another because it was directed by this director and written by that writer and I believed that together, they would make a great result. But that’s not the case lately. The offers that are coming are usually for comedies. And maybe it’s because I used to be so picky, but now I feel like I have been left with no other choice [but to accept the only available roles.]”

He laments the trend that the majority of Indonesian moviegoers prefer mindless entertainment over great dramas or clever comedies, as well as the filmmakers who oblige them by making only non-thinking movies.

Suit and shirt by Dolce & Gabbana, watch by U-Boat

Well-made Indonesian movies are hard to find these days, so when Tora finally found himself one, he went all in. When respected actress and director Ine Febriyanti asked him to star in Selamat Siang, Risa! (Good Afternoon, Risa!), one of the four short movies compiled in Kita Versus Korupsi, Tora agreed and didn’t even asked to be paid, although he admits to receiving some fees.

For now, Tora is still in search of those above-mentioned “really good movies.” So far, nothing meets his expectations. “I know that I do not want any on-screen kisses or sex scenes now,” he says. “My kids are getting big; they can see and judge what they watch.”

Family matters

While waiting for a good script, Tora is focusing on his ever-growing family. Tora’s wife, actress Mieke Amalia, gave birth to their first daughter together, Jenaka Mahila Sudiro, in March; each has two other daughters from previous marriages. “I’m tense! I never thought I’d have another child,” he admits.

“[Mieke and I] first met on a comedy show,” he says, talking about Extravaganza. Mieke became part of the cast in its third year. “I’m also known for my comedy acts, so I’ve always wanted to name my kid, Jenaka,” which means “funny” in Indonesian. “We needed a middle name, so we turned to the Internet,” he continues. “We found the word ‘Mahila’ and somehow it stuck with us. We found out later that it means ‘lady.’ So Jenaka Mahila means ‘a funny lady.’ We’ll call her Nunung,” he adds half-jokingly, referring to the name of an old-school Indonesian comedienne.

Outfit by Givenchy

 Tora and Mieke live a rather quiet life now, but it wasn’t always that way. It’s a very different situation from a few years ago, when the pair first got together at a time when both were still married to other people. When the paparazzi and tabloid journos found out about their relationship, they became the regular daily topic for gossip shows and local tabloids. In the end, all the gossip and tittle-tattle died down and the two tied the knot in December 2009. And if the new tattoo of Mieke’s face, which is now permanently inked on his right wrist is any indication, Tora has finally found marital bliss with his second wife.

“I think [the key to a successful marriage] is you have to know your partner very well. Once you already know the bad and the good, then go for it. But if you don’t, you’d better be prepared for whatever happens next.”

Photographs: Julius Bramanto
Styling: Gabriela Batti

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Wednesday, May 9, 7 p.m., solo exhibition by Mukhlis Sahar; to be held at KOI Cafe Gallery, Jl. Kemang Raya 72.

Thursday, May 10, 7:30 p.m., art exhibition by Temporal Being & On Manner of Forming (Korean Artists); to be held at Edwin’s Gallery, Kemang.

Strange day by Andy Dewantoro

Friday, May 11, 7 p.m., solo exhibition by Andy Dewantoro; to be held at D Gallerie.

Saturday, May 12, 7 p.m., solo exhibition by Cinanti Astria Johansjah; to be held at Lawangwangi, Bandung.

Penjual jagung bakar by Cheng Shui, will be auctioned in Treasures Auction

Sunday, May 13, 1 p.m., Treasures Auction; to be held at Jl. Tanah Abang IV No. 23; Viewing of the auction starts from Friday, May 12.

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Above: TAG Heuer Link with black dial, black jacket by A/X Armani Exchange, tangerine jacket by H.E. By Mango, scarf by Tommy Hilfiger

LEFT: TAG Heuer Carrera with white dial, knitwear by DKNY Jeans
RIGHT: TAG Heuer Carrera with brown croco strap; jacket, gloves and shirt by A/X Armani Exchange

LEFT: TAG Heuer Link with silver dial; jacket and shirt by H.E. By Mango
RIGHT: TAG Heuer Link with black dial; blazer and shirt by Tommy Hilfiger

LEFT: TAG Heuer Carrera with black dial, sunglasses by TAG Heuer, jacket by ck Calvin Klein,
RIGHT: TAG Heuer Link with black dial; jacket and shirt by ck Calvin Klein

Photographs: Roni Bachroni Fouzi/The One Photography
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Heavy Rain by Megan Lightell

Saturday, May 5, 3 p.m., art exhibition ZEITGEIST – The Art Collections of Wiyu Wahono and Indra Leonardi; to be held at Galeri Seni Bataviasche Kunstkring, Jl. Teuku Umar No. 1 Menteng, Jakarta.

Che, The Last Messiah by Agung Kurniawan

Saturday, May 5, 5 p.m., solo exhibition by Agung Kurniawan; to be held at Umahseni.

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Outfit by Prada

LEFT: Outfit by Z. Zegna
RIGHT: Outfit by Calvin Klein Collection

Outfit by Prada

LEFT: Jacket, shirt and pants by Marc Jacobs, shoes by Z. Zegna
RIGHT: Outfit by Z. Zegna

LEFT: Jacket by Dior Homme
RIGHT: Outfit by Prada

Photographs: Don Kim
Fashion Stylist: Marc Sifuentes

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Fronting all the activities, including interiors, for Lanvin, Elbaz has taken the oldest fashion house still in operation to greater heights. The recent Paris Fashion Week witnessed the celebrations of Elbaz’s 10 years with Lanvin.

While his designs for the women’s collections have become instant classics for the maison, his own personal style has, without a doubt, reinvented Lanvin’s menswear collections over the years. From the quirky bow ties to the sneakers worn with suits, Alber Elbaz is the quintessential Lanvin man.

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Jacket by Burberry, pants by Just Cavalli, shoes by Emporio Armani

Left: Shirt and pants by Emporio Armani, jacket by Burberry
Right: Sweater and boots by Burberry, pants by Just Cavalli

Shirt by Just Cavalli, belt and shoes by Emporio Armani, pants by Burberry

Left: Jacket by Just Cavalli, pants by Emporio Armani
Right: Sweater by Burberry, pants by Just Cavalli

Jacket and pants by Emporio Armani, shoes by Burberry

Photographs: Skye Tan
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