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On Saturday, August 15, model and entrepreneur Jordyn Woods and New York Knicks center and NBA Champion Karl-Anthony Towns married surrounded by family and friends at a private home overlooking the ocean in Malibu.
The couple first met nine years ago in Los Angeles in 2017, where Karl was spending his off-season and where Jordyn grew up. “We connected over a game of Uno, and he thinks that he won,” Jordyn remembers. “We both have a very competitive nature. When we play games, we are not on the same team—we are in it to win.”
The two became close and were good friends for two years before they eventually started dating in 2020. “I lost my dad at 19,” Jordyn says. “And during Covid, his mom got sick and passed, and I was able to be there for him in a different way.”
After six years of dating, they got engaged on Christmas Eve in 2025. “Ironically, he didn’t know that my parents got engaged on Christmas Eve, so it was a real full circle moment,” Jordyn shares. “He was very private and didn’t tell anyone, but he asked me if my family was coming to town for Christmas.” He insisted that they come, so Jordyn’s older brother, sister, my mom, and his dad and sister made the trip. (Her younger brother wanted to be there, but is a police officer and couldn’t get time off from work.) “None of us had any clue,” Jordyn says. “But Karl kept asking if I’d had my hair done.”
“She always said if you ever do it, I better have my hair done,” Karl laughs.
“I’m a very intuitive person, so my antenna was up,” Jordyn admits. “I wore a white dress that I had, and the proposal was very personal. I tend to be very shy, and he knew exactly what was perfect.”
Karl even designed the ring himself. “I originally wanted a totally different cut,” Jordyn notes. “But he did an emerald cut diamond. Now, I can’t imagine having anything else.” The ring features a gradient of pink diamonds going down the band, and both of their deceased parents’ birthstones sit alongside theirs—one on each side. The inscription on the inside reads “I love you, my heart” in Spanish (Karl’s mother Jacqueline Cruz was Dominican) and is written in Karl’s handwriting. “The ring looks like a glacier on her finger,” Karl says of the approximately 15-carat De Beers diamond.
After they were engaged, Karl was very clear that he wanted to get married during the summer. “We didn’t want to wait too long,” Jordyn says, noting that due to the timing restrictions of Karl’s basketball season, they decided to dive right into planning and marry six months later. “I’m a Libra—if I wait two years, I’ll change things 45 times.”
They’d been to plenty of destination weddings during their courtship, and as much as they were intrigued by the idea of getting married in the South of France or Rome, ultimately, they knew they wanted to host their family and friends locally. “I grew up in California,” Jordyn says. “Malibu is a place that we love. When we want to decompress and just enjoy and reflect. When my dad passed, I would drive the Pacific Coast Highway and look at the ocean. Malibu is also a destination for people coming from the East Coast. It doesn’t feel as destination-y, but it is just gorgeous.”
The wedding was held at a private estate situated on a cliff high above the ocean, and the couple worked with event planner Mindy Weiss to execute the entire weekend. “I’ve known her for about a decade,” Jordyn says. “Comfortability and working with someone who understands my vision were important to me. Also, when you have a six-month timeline, someone who makes it feel manageable. She never once stressed me out.”
After hiring Mindy, the next part of the planning process for Jordyn was finding her dress. She set up four appointments in New York, the first of which was with Danielle Frankel. “I just kept coming back to that first dress. I loved the fabrics. They were so luxe,” Jordyn says. “I worked with Danielle’s team on adding my own touches, things only I would know. We took a dress and made it me, and it’s different from any other design she’s done so far. From what she’s told me, it inspired her next collection.”
Karl was similarly decisive when it came to his wardrobe. He knew from the start that he wanted to wear Ralph Lauren. “Ralph is always a part of my life,” he says. “It is the epitome of being attainable, but high class. I was a big Macy’s credit card person. [Growing up,] Macy’s was our Rodeo Drive. It had it all, and Polo was everything. Ralph has always meant elevation and sophistication, while also feeling relatable. I knew that I was going to wear it, and now with the position that I’m in, there’s not a brand that I align with more in my life—and it’s New York. Our designers were all New York-based designers. It’s where all of our dreams have come true.” The groom’s made-to-measure Purple Label double-breasted Italian wool dinner jacket had peak satin lapels, and he paired it with a white Sea Island cotton Aston pleated tuxedo shirt, black barathea tuxedo trousers, and a black silk bow tie.
On Tuesday, August 11, the couple secretly made things official by heading to the Santa Barbara courthouse for their civil ceremony. For this preliminary wedding weekend event, Jordyn channeled Bianca Jagger and wore a white silk crepe moulded shoulder tailored jacket with duchess satin details, a matching pencil skirt, patent leather wingtip pumps, and a hat by New York-based milliner Gigi Burris. Karl wore classic Ralph Lauren for the occasion.
On Saturday, the morning of the wedding, Jordyn woke up before Karl. “I had to leave before him to get ready, so I showered while he was still in bed,” she remembers. “As I was walking out, I looked at him and said, ‘See you at the aisle.’ From that moment on, we stayed apart until the ceremony, which made seeing each other again feel even more special.”
The ceremony took place at a private residence on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Pacific. After the flower girls walked down the aisle, lined with white roses and hydrangeas arranged by Celio Design, in their custom dresses by Maison Ava, the bride followed wearing her custom Danielle Frankel gown and carrying an all-white bouquet of cascading calla lilies wrapped in lace.
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Karl in his classic Ralph Lauren really completes my look. I love this color on him.
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I really felt like my hat completed the look! Shoutout to Gigi [Burris] who made it, she was the sweetest.
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Nothing like a sunset dinner by the ocean with our loved ones.