Perhaps the most famous handbag in New York Knicks history has landed in the city’s Guggenheim Museum, where the $125 purse will be on display through the weekend.To Knicks fans, it’s not just any purse. During the team’s historic championship run, the orange “Tux Clutch Mini” carried by Jordyn Woods, the fiancée of Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, earned a cult following among superstitious Knicks fans who believed it played a role in their team capturing its first NBA title in 53 years.Whenever she carried the bag with her to Knicks games, the team won. The lore of the bag became a social media joke that gained even more traction after the Knicks lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Woods was forced to leave the bag at home due to a strict no-bag policy implemented at Madison Square Garden for President Donald Trump’s attendance.No such policy was in place for games 4 and 5, and the purse was seen in Woods’ hands and over her shoulder.Towns leaned into the handbag superstition after the Knicks’ historic 29-point comeback to win Game 4, and again after the Knicks won the title in San Antonio.“The bag is undefeated. I want everyone in New York to know that bag won a championship,” Towns said after Game 5.“The bag did its thing tonight!” Towns wrote on Instagram after Game 4. “We’ve got to put this in the Whitney or the Guggenheim!”
That Jordyn Woods bag that fueled the Knicks’ title run? It’s now a museum piece
Woods’ bag is on display through June 28 and is tied to a cultural artifact that binds sports, high fashion and modern celebrity culture.








