Beauty Creator Kiana Davis Weds College Sweetheart Brady Driggs in Soft Garden North Carolina Ceremony

The panic had been real. After four failed wedding dress shopping appointments, beauty creator Kiana Davis was convinced she'd never have her "this is the one" moment and would be forced to settle for something she didn't love. Then she tried on the Charlotte gown by Floure at Lovely Bride in New York City, and she "just knew."

Davis, 25, married Brady Driggs, 26, on Friday, March 13, at Wrightsville Manor in Wilmington, the same city where they met on a night cruise in their junior year at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Returning to Wilmington wasn't incidental. "It has always held a special place in our hearts," Davis told People. "So many of our favorite memories were made there, which made it feel like the most natural place to return to one of the biggest memories we would create together."

Color took center stage at the North Carolina nuptials, with corals and soft blush tones mixed with chartreuse greens, dusty blues, and creamy whites creating a "romantic" and "elevated" atmosphere, while the 105 guests followed an all-black dress code for a "clean, polished contrast." Davis said she and Driggs "really wanted a wedding that felt intimate," with "all of our favorite people, the ones we love and who love us in the same room at the same time," while still feeling "big enough to be a true celebration and feel like a true party."

For the outdoor ceremony, Davis wore the Charlotte, a gown featuring an asymmetrical neckline draped softly over the bust, a dropped-waist corseted panel bodice, and a silk satin Basque-waist full-circle skirt, finished with a dramatic two-meter train. She had first discovered it on Pinterest, and the moment she tried it on at Lovely Bride, the search was over. "It was exactly what I had been looking for, timeless but still unique, and I finally had that emotional moment I was hoping for," Davis said. "It's a satin ball gown that feels so classic, and I love that it really lets you see me in the dress instead of just the dress itself." Floure gowns, designed and handcrafted in Sydney, range from $7,000 to $11,250 and up. Davis later changed into a "sexier" mermaid-style satin gown for the reception, the Ricci by Eva Lendel.

Davis wore three dresses in total across the celebration. For beauty, she handled one half of the equation herself: Davis did her own makeup for the wedding. Hairstylist Adrianne Lugo styled her long, dark tresses into loose, cascading curls that carried the soft, romantic mood of the day through every look.

Davis and Driggs, who got engaged on October 20, 2024, at Driggs' family lake house, were married by their pastor, Todd Howerton. Davis noted that their relationship "has always been rooted in our faith," and that marriage felt like "the moment where we got to make that commitment not just to each other, but with God at the center of it all, which made it feel even more meaningful." The couple shared their first dance as newlyweds to Noah Kahan and Gracie Abrams' "Everywhere, Everything."

Davis, best known to her 2 million TikTok followers for curly and wavy haircare tips and makeup tutorials, brought the same considered approach to her bridal beauty that defines her platform. The Charlotte gown, a Pinterest find that survived four rounds of doubt, proved that the right dress doesn't always show up on schedule. It just has to show up.

*Photography by Patty Betts, Betts Photography.*