From Bondi beaches to Manhattan brownstones, Dani Willis has certainly embraced a very different pace of life since relocating to New York City with her husband, Australian cricket captain Steve Smith in 2022.Â
The lawyer-turned-fashion influencer, 33, has been documenting her chic Big Apple lifestyle on social media, documenting her very stylish adventures in one of the world’s most fashionable cities.Â
Dani’s days now appear filled with long lunches at buzzy downtown restaurants, coffee runs in Tribeca and carefully curated shopping trips to luxury department stores and designer boutiques.Â
Dani, who this week returned to Sydney for the McGrath Day luncheon at the SCG, recently documented the winter wonderland of Christmas in New York, sharing photos of illuminated streets, enormous Christmas trees and colourful boutiques.
She also shared some images of herself attending what looked to be a wedding with a group of glamorous women, cosying up by the fire with family and exploring the city’s snow-covered parks.Â
When she’s not soaking up the culture of New York, Dani and Steve are jet-setting around the globe, enjoying luxury holidays in Lapland, Sri Lanka, and the South of France.Â
From Bondi beaches to Manhattan brownstones, Dani Willis (pictured) has certainly embraced a very different pace of life since relocating to New York City with her husband, Australian cricket captain Steve Smith in 2022
Dani showed off her New York style at the SCG on Tuesday for the McGrath Day luncheon, looking pretty in a pink mini skirt and white asymmetrical top. She accessorised with thousands of dollars worth of gold jewelleryÂ
Despite the glamorous surroundings, the move to New York also marks a quieter chapter for the couple, who tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in 2022.Â
While Steve’s cricket schedule frequently pulls him overseas, New York has become a stylish home base for Dani, offering a sense of anonymity rarely afforded to high-profile sporting couples in Australia.
Dani and Steve married in 2018 – more than a year after he got down on one knee and proposed to her in New York atop the city’s famous Rockefeller Center.
The couple decided to buy an apartment in New York in 2022, and they have been lapping up life in the Big Apple ever since.
‘Steve and I have always loved New York and we first looked at buying a place over there in 2017,’ Dani previously told News Corp.
‘And then we weren’t in any hurry, we just wanted to buy the right place.
‘It’s just the energy drew us to New York and then you have the added benefits of just being able to go about life.
‘Australia is always home. When you touch down or come back you’ve had a whole life here, so Australia is always inherently home but New York is just our base now.’
Dani recently documented the winter wonderland of Christmasin New York, sharing photos of illuminated streets, enormous Christmas trees and colourful boutiques
She also shared some images of herself attending what looked to be a wedding with a group of glamorous women
Dani shared this photo of a spectacular Christmas tree in New York CityÂ
She shared this photo of herself cosying up with a group by the fire, wearing a Christmas sweaterÂ
Dani has made a group of glamorous new friends since relocating to the Big AppleÂ
The couple feel very much at home in the famous metropolis and have often posted about their experiences there on social media over the years.
Smith spent a good deal of time laying low with Willis in New York in the aftermath of the ball-tampering scandal in 2018.
‘It’s such an incredible atmosphere in New York, it’s the melting pot of so many different people all crammed into this tiny little island all crammed on top of one another,’ Willis said.
‘After you’ve been there for a while you get immune to the craziness of it and nothing really shocks you anymore.’
Smith’s struggles with the bat over the last year have been well documented, so Willis was extremely proud of his gutsy ton against India at the Gabba last week.
His last unbeaten century had come midway through 2023 at Lord’s against England when he notched up 110.
‘I think you saw the determination on his face when he celebrated his 100,’ she said.
Dani has certainly been embracing life in the northern hemisphereÂ
When she’s not soaking up the culture of New York, Dani and Steve are jet-setting around the globe, enjoying luxury holidays in Lapland, Sri Lanka, (left) and the South of France (right)Â
Steve proposed to Dani on top of the famous Rockefeller Centre in NYC
‘That shows you he still very much has a passion for playing for Australia and scoring hundreds. He’s always lived and breathed it.’
There has been speculation over the last 12 months about the champion batter retiring, but Willis says the couple try not to look too far ahead.Â
‘We always like to live in the moment and I think that’s really important because we’ve been doing this for a very long time now,’ Willis said.
‘You deal with the here and now or whatever the next tour is that you have coming up. You try not to look too far into the future, you try to take it day by day and tour by tour.
‘If you’re worrying about some tour that is in six months’ time, how can you be fully present and give your best now? We’ve always just tried to do things in the moment.’
