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Model and entrepreneur Jordyn Woods and the New York Knicks’ superstar center and 2026 NBA Champion Karl-Anthony Towns (a.k.a. “KAT”) married surrounded by family and friends at a private home in Malibu on Saturday night. And a few weeks before exchanging their vows, Vogue caught up with the bride at her final dress fitting with designer Danielle Frankel in Los Angeles. “I’m feeling so many different emotions,” Jordyn says before walking in to meet with Danielle for the last time ahead of her wedding. “It’s just so surreal.” The bride is accompanied by her mother Elizabeth Woods and her younger sister Jodie Woods. “[I’m] taking all of these emotions as they come,” Jordyn admits. After meeting in Los Angeles in 2017, where Jordyn grew up, and starting to date in 2020, Jordyn and Karl got engaged on Christmas Eve in 2025. “Karl said, ‘I want to get married this summer,’” Jordyn remembers. “With his job, he only has summer to get married, so I knew, ‘Ok, this summer means I have such a short window.’” Everyone told her: You can’t get a wedding dress in six months. “I made four showroom appointments,” she says. “ Danielle [Frankel] was the first showroom that I went to. There’s something about that Italian silk that she used that just complemented my skin tone so perfectly.” The final design is a custom strapless silk wool ball gown with a draped bodice and full ball skirt. An attached neck wrap and swagged skirt draping are finished with hand-cut chantilly and corded lace appliqués. “Ten out of ten. No notes,” Jordyn’s sister Jodie chimes in. “When Danielle came in [during the process], we just kind of perfected it,” Jordyn explains. “Changed the silhouette up a bit, added some pieces. She just has such a unique eye for detail. And now I can’t imagine having anyone else do my dress.” Jordyn, her mother, and her sister all share glances, and the bride-to-be announces: “Now’s the time, it is time to try on the look for the final time!” “Lord, please don’t let me cry,” Elizabeth cries out. As Danielle carefully examines the dress, she notes that three different laces in varying shades of ivory were intentionally incorporated, and all of the work was hand-done. “I can’t not work on the body,” Danielle explains. “It has to be fittings on the body. Every person is different in the way they carry themselves and the proportions. The place that I’m most comfortable with is with the fabric in my hand.”" Danielle placed the hand-embroidered lace appliqué so that it followed the drape of the neckline and then reappeared again at the waist, allowing the lace to trace the body in two distinct gestures. This was something she and the team were developing separately for collection. “Whenever we’re developing something for collection, I’m so eager to put it in with a real bride because I can’t wait,” Danielle says. “Jordyn really allowed me to implement some details that I thought were important, and at the same time, I think there were elements that were really important to you that stayed.” “You have to let the artist be the artist,” Jordyn states. “I could talk about these dresses for the whole day, but I’m even more excited to try them on.” The bride-to-be changes into her wedding dress, and when she re-emerges, her mother claims: “You look like a princess!” “This is my favorite wedding dress I’ve ever seen in my life,” Jodie adds. “And I’m not just saying that because you’re my sister.” “This is better than what I thought my dream wedding dress would be,” Jordyn admits. “It feels surreal seeing this all come together.” From the start, Jordyn knew that she also wanted a second look, and that she wanted it to be lace. “We tried on just the foundation [of the second look], and it felt very safe,” Danielle recalls. In one of their fittings, she asked Jordyn to lift one side so she could see what was going on under the dress, and that resulted in a eureka moment. She told Jordyn to hold it right there, and she pinned it in place. The finished piece is a custom layered chantilly and elderflower lace strapless gown with an asymmetric pick-up drape at the hip. A cascading drape opens into a high slit, revealing a silk lining at the hem. Hand-cut iris lace appliqués are scattered throughout the gown. “It had this Grecian feel to it that I felt was beautiful and complementary to her ceremony gown,” Danielle explains. “But still different so they told a story that was very cohesive.” She also told Danielle that she wanted a sleeve, so the designer created a lace bolero and then put a full bustier and lace-up corset inside the dress for a “snatched” effect. The last dress of the final fitting is for Jordyn’s welcome party. It’s a silk satin slip dress with an asymmetric scarf drape knotted at the strap, falling across the shoulders into a shawl train at the back. “Whoever steps on it, I’m fighting them,” Jordyn laughs. “I think the dirtier your gown gets, the better of a time you had!” Danielle interjects. As the fitting concludes, Jordyn finds herself reflecting on the process. “All of the hard work of all of the seamstresses and Danielle, the creativity, it’s just so inspiring,” Jordyn says. “I’m nervous about the wedding, but this makes the nerves kinda just flow knowing that I feel confident in all of my looks. I feel so grateful that I’ve had a designer that’s executed to the extreme. I have my family with me, and it’s really just time to enjoy.” By the time her wedding day arrived on Saturday, all that was left for Jordyn to do was take it all in—and get her dress dirty at some point along the way.