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Dylan Efron<\/u><\/a> is as faithful as they come \u2014 both in terms of his recent run on The Traitors<\/em><\/em> and in his daily life. \u201cOn these talk shows I\u2019m going on, I don\u2019t have to put on an act,\u201d Efron tells PAPER<\/em><\/em>. \u201cI don\u2019t have to be anything but who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n Efron\u2019s successful stint on the hit reality competition show has launched him into the public spotlight, both as a heartthrob and a viral internet figure. It\u2019s an intersection his friend Antoni Porowski<\/u><\/a> knows very well. Since connecting at a fashion event years ago, Efron and Porowski have stayed in touch, bonding over a shared passion for travel, wellness and style. \u201cI was fanboying over Antoni at the event,\u201d Efron laughs. <\/p>\n Efron\u2019s been forced to pay more attention to fashion as his number of TV appearances has shot up \u2014 not that he\u2019s complaining. My only real style until now has been board shorts and shirtless,\u201d he says. \u201cSo I love the idea of dabbling in fashion. I\u2019m very much on my fashion journey right now.\u201d<\/p>\n With Efron\u2019s whirlwind New York City press cycle in full swing, he and Porowski decided it was time to turn the online friendship into an IRL one, complete with a fashion shoot styled by Porowski himself. Below, PAPER<\/em><\/em> caught up with the friends on set to discuss going viral, personal style and getting recognized.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So how did you two meet?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dylan Efron: <\/strong>Well, I knew Antoni way before he knew me, because I watched Queer Eye<\/em><\/em>. My girlfriend got me into it. Then we ended up meeting at a Filson event in Seattle, we flew to Whidbey Island on a seaplane. Filson is a good representation of why I admire Antoni\u2019s style in general: it\u2019s masculine, it\u2019s outdoorsy, it\u2019s a heritage brand. <\/p>\n That was like two years ago. I was fanboying over Antoni at the event. Everyone\u2019s drinking, celebrating, but he\u2019s up at 8 AM running by himself, staying in shape. That really speaks to the way he ties together fashion and health and wellness.<\/p>\n Antoni Porowski: <\/strong>We were moving the same way on that trip, running around and moving lots, while others were hungover and staying out. We were the first ones to be like, I\u2019m crashing<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n And we\u2019ve DMed here and there, because Dylan travels more than I do, and it\u2019s really aspirational. We give each other recommendations on places to go. He\u2019d message me every once in a while, asking about a brand or something I was wearing. Then I went to the Todd Snyder show [at NYFW]<\/u><\/a> and he reached out, saying, \u201cHey, Traitors<\/em><\/em> reunion is coming up, tell me about the look.\u201d It\u2019s really perfect for Dylan, super Americana, classic cuts, wider shoulders.<\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>I was like, This is what I want to look like in New York<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You both have a pretty strong sense of personal style. What\u2019s important to you when it comes to style?<\/strong><\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> I\u2019m a very nostalgic person. I have a strong loyalty to things that I responded to when I was a kid. Ralph Lauren is a big one for me, I remember the campaigns. It\u2019s always for me about pieces I can tie into my actual lifestyle. My stylist, Chloe [Hartstein]<\/u><\/a>, always asks me, \u201cWhen you look back at this photo 10 years from now, are you gonna be embarrassed?\u201d I always try to remind myself of that. At the same time, I refuse to get ready in more than five minutes. I don\u2019t have the patience to put a full outfit together. I see a piece I like and build from there.<\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> That\u2019s a much better answer than mine [laughs<\/em><\/em>]. I\u2019m born and raised in California, so I grew up in board shorts probably nine out of ten days. Board shorts, white tee, no shoes, that\u2019s my comfort clothing. I loved camping, if I wasn\u2019t at the beach, so I love having rugged clothes \u2014 like jeans I haven\u2019t washed in two months with mud stains. I don\u2019t like being put in a box. My only real style until now has been board shorts and shirtless. So I love the idea of dabbling in fashion. I\u2019m very much on my fashion journey right now.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> The board shorts and t-shirt is very classic Abercrombie. <\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> I\u2019ve always wanted to get into fashion. That\u2019s why The Traitors<\/em><\/em> press run has been so cool, it\u2019s a chance to actually do that. <\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> I could see you in like, a nice suit but with a little carabiner dangling. Make it personal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>Dylan, how did you approach what you wore on the show?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> I really just wore a lot of what I already had. It turned into a real comfort sweater look. I was never really going for best-dressed there, but I was definitely the most comfortable. I was wearing Birkenstocks and a sweater every day.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> My heart was singing when you wore the Birks. I hated those like six months ago, but now they\u2019re my entire identity, it\u2019s all I wear.<\/p>\n Dylan<\/strong>: We\u2019re living in this crazy castle, and I\u2019m treating it like home in Birks and a cozy sweater. And here\u2019s [Chanel] Ayan in this garment she can barely move in. [To Antoni<\/em>] Do you wear clothes that, like, limit your flexibility?<\/p>\n Antoni: <\/strong>I mean, as much as I love Japanese raw denim\u2013<\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>[Laughs<\/em>] Oh no way, no way.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Antoni:<\/strong> If I go out to walk my dog and can\u2019t move my limbs it\u2019s just awkward as hell. And I can\u2019t hide my expression if I\u2019m unhappy, I have a terrible poker face, the photos are going to show I\u2019m not comfortable. It always has to be comfortable, that\u2019s why I love vintage.<\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> It goes back to fitness for me too. If I work out in the morning I know I\u2019m going to feel amazing the rest of the day. As soon as I put on raw denim and can\u2019t touch my toes, I feel like shit. So much of style is about being comfortable in what I\u2019m wearing.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> This is a raw denim hate piece.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dylan, this is your first really big press circuit. What\u2019s that experience been like for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>It\u2019s been a lot of fun. On the show, I\u2019m pretty much just myself. So on these talk shows, I don\u2019t have to put on an act. It\u2019s not like I was playing a character and now people are seeing the real me. The part I\u2019ve been enjoying is that I don\u2019t have to be anything but who I am.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> How\u2019s the actual schedule?<\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> The schedule is insane. I can\u2019t look at anything but today, I have no idea what\u2019s going on tomorrow. <\/p>\n Antoni<\/strong>: Like, doing a 10-hour hike in Peru, versus a 10-hour press tour \u2014 one is physically straining, but I\u2019m prepared for that. I get so exhausted when it\u2019s even just a five minute live segment. <\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>It\u2019s a workout for your brain, which I\u2019m not used to. [Laughs<\/em><\/em>]<\/p>\n Antoni: <\/strong>We\u2019re just two dummies who\u2019d rather be climbing a rock.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You\u2019ve both had viral internet moments for various reasons. How is it dealing with that?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>It\u2019s fun, honestly. The key for me is to be able to laugh at myself. You can\u2019t take yourself too seriously, you have to be in on the joke. You have to lean into it. <\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> I think the shared viral link we have is Evan Ross Katz [both laugh<\/em><\/em>]. Viral moments are strange because it\u2019s fun, but \u2014 there\u2019s this quote, like, when I enter a room I want to be seen, but I want to be left alone. There is something fun about the electricity and excitement of being in the cultural zeitgeist, but it\u2019s also terrifying. It\u2019s also crazy when you have to explain a pop culture moment to a parent.<\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> You have to know it\u2019s gonna pass. You really can just turn off your phone. Sometimes the Traitors<\/em><\/em> cast tells me stuff going on on X, but I\u2019m not on there. [To Antoni<\/em><\/em>] Actually, speaking of viral moments, can you tell me about being in the Taylor Swift Chiefs box<\/u><\/a>?<\/p>\n Antoni: <\/strong>It was a day when I didn\u2019t know what I was doing until just a few hours before. It was one of those moments when, obviously, you\u2019re with Taylor, it becomes a whole thing because of who she is and the eyeballs she gathers. And you think, Oh, we\u2019re going to watch football, no one will be paying attention to us anyway.<\/em><\/em> But then it\u2019s the opposite, because you\u2019re in a fishbowl and everyone\u2019s watching you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> It\u2019s like when you\u2019re at a music festival and you just want to let loose and dance, but you\u2019re worried about the cameras and everyone making fun of the way you dance.<\/p>\n Antoni: <\/strong>[Laughs<\/em><\/em>] Oh, wow, you just triggered so many\u2013<\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>This is a therapy session. [Laughs<\/em><\/em>] But yeah, it\u2019s all about letting go, for your mental health. I\u2019ve been experimenting with, like, modern-day office hours. Technically I\u2019m accessible by phone at all hours. But for me it\u2019s been about forcing myself to put my phone on airplane mode when I\u2019m at the gym, when I\u2019m walking my dog, to just be offline for a sec. Probably this is why I love camping. As soon as I see the SOS symbol on my phone, it\u2019s so much easier for me to be present.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> Oh, the SOS symbol for me is paralyzing anxiety. <\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> Social media was made because it\u2019s meant to be fun. We\u2019re supposed to be having fun doing this. If you treat it like a job, morning afternoon, night, you\u2019re gonna get burnt out. Sharing should be fun. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Antoni: <\/strong>Do you feel like you\u2019re getting recognized more, now, after Traitors<\/em><\/em>?<\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>It\u2019s still very new, so I haven\u2019t felt much change. When I\u2019m home, when I\u2019m going to the gym, I\u2019m not dressed up. There are moments when I\u2019m grocery shopping, you know, with my headphones in and someone is asking for my photo. I\u2019m like, Oh shit, I\u2019m in Trader Joe\u2019s right now<\/em><\/em>. But genuinely I don\u2019t feel much has changed, and I\u2019m thankful for that.<\/p>\n Antoni: <\/strong>Boundaries are really healthy to have. I\u2019m a true New Yorker, I\u2019m speed-walking everywhere. I think we call it \u201cgay fear.\u201d I do have rules, if I\u2019m sitting and enjoying a meal with friends, I\u2019ll treat them with kindness of course, but I\u2019m less likely to take a photo with them. If it\u2019s my dad with me, he\u2019ll start a whole conversation with them and pull up a seat for them at the table. But yeah, whether it\u2019s on or off camera, it\u2019s all about leading with kindness. <\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>I grew up with it a bit, watching my brother, too. I\u2019ve been able to learn from him a lot. It\u2019s tough of course, saying no to a photo, it\u2019s disappointing to a fan. But we can\u2019t be giving ourselves 24\/7. My favorite is when someone says, \u201cI don\u2019t really know who you are or what you do, but my friend does, so…\u201d [Laughs<\/em><\/em>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> So it\u2019s Traitors<\/em><\/em> finale day, how do you feel ahead of it?<\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>I\u2019m excited to experience it with everyone, for everyone to see the conclusion. It\u2019ll be a nice way to wrap it up. I had the experience in real life, and then this second experience watching on TV. It\u2019ll be like putting a bow on the experience. <\/p>\n Antoni: <\/strong>You don\u2019t get to see it early?<\/p>\n Dylan<\/strong>: Oh no, we\u2019re watching every episode live. Sometimes I\u2019m prepared for something I\u2019m not looking forward to and then it doesn\u2019t make the cut. Sometimes I forgot something and it ends up in there, like the \u201cMiss Guided\u201d thing. I didn\u2019t remember that happening, I was laughing in real time with everyone else.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> Any regrets about things you\u2019d said or done?<\/p>\n Dylan:<\/strong> It wasn\u2019t really shown, but I was pretty convinced that Gabby was a Traitor. It\u2019s hard to say I have any regrets, given that I\u2019m still around in the last episode, but Gabby was amazing, and I probably wouldn\u2019t have been in the final episode without her. So I think I was too quick to judge Gabby, because she is so quick-witted and it\u2019s intimidating. I thought I had valid reasons and, of course, they were wrong. She could\u2019ve been an absolute dick to me, like, This punk!<\/em><\/em> <\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> This is where I defend you for a second, because you had a hunch about Bob [The Drag Queen]<\/u><\/a> when everyone else was afraid to call him out. You trusted your gut and went with your instinct. I think that was when everyone fell in love with you. Like, Oh my god, this sweet guy is sticking to his guns even while he\u2019s being demolished.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n Dylan<\/strong>: I have a lot of respect for Bob. That guy is so sharp it\u2019s crazy. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There\u2019s been a lot of discourse around Danielle\u2019s theatrics as a Traitor. How was that in real time, did the performance feel real to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>The thing about Danielle that didn\u2019t come across on camera is that we all had this very genuine friendship with her. She\u2019s an awesome person. I always looked at her as someone I could trust. Maybe the edit shows her a little more obvious, like the crying at breakfast. But also, at breakfast, I never looked around at anyone, because I figured people would associate staring with being a Traitor. I was just looking at my plate eating eggs.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> You were just trying to get enough protein.<\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>[Laughs<\/em><\/em>] Those eggs went quick! But yeah, I think Danielle played a much better game than it appeared to the audience.<\/p>\n Antoni, would you want to be a Traitor or a Faithful if you went on the show?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dylan: <\/strong>By the way, your strategy starts now. If you ever go on the show, people will remember this answer.<\/p>\n Antoni:<\/strong> I\u2019d love to be a Traitor. But I\u2019m a terrible liar. 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Styling: Antoni Porowski<\/a>
Creative direction: Marcus Allen<\/a>
Creative assistant: Izaake Zuckerman<\/a>
Grooming: Emily Amick <\/a>for Exclusive Artists (using Milk Makeup and Kevin Murphy)
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