As Vogue Australia’s features editor since 2019, Yee has redefined fashion journalism through:
Yee’s career began in 2014 with a personal blog, Capture the Castle, where she honed her signature style—lyrical yet incisive. Her early work for Harper’s Bazaar Australia and Broadsheet showcased her ability to dissect trends while foregrounding their cultural significance. A 2014 interview reveals her ambition even then: “Fashion editing has always been the dream... I’ve always wanted to work for [magazines] that make you fall in love with people because of – not in spite of – their flaws” [5].
This 2024 profile of celebrity stylist Andrew Mukamal dissects Hollywood’s red carpet machinery. Yee traces Mukamal’s journey from Robbie’s Barbie press tour to his status as “the architect behind the actress’ recent high fashion makeover” [6]. Through interviews with designers and studio executives, she reveals how stylists shape celebrity personas—and by extension, global fashion trends.
In this 2025 essay, Yee curates summer reading lists that blend fiction with fashion history. Her analysis of Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake becomes a meditation on style as espionage: “What if fabric choices were coded messages, and runway shows were intelligence operations?” [8]. The piece exemplifies her ability to find fashion in unexpected places.
This 2014 conversation reveals Yee’s foundational philosophy: “I want to make people fall in love with clothing’s storytelling potential.” Even then, she championed publications like The Gentlewoman for their “thoughtful approach to how modern women get dressed” [5], foreshadowing her later focus on intentional style.
Yee prioritizes stories that connect fashion to broader societal shifts. A successful 2024 pitch about post-pandemic formalwear trends included data from wedding planners and sociologists—this interdisciplinary approach aligns with her Vogue piece analyzing Zoom’s impact on lipstick sales [6].
While she covers global luxury houses, Yee consistently platforms Australian talent. Her 2023 profile of Sydney-based designer Anna Quan demonstrated how to balance local relevance with international appeal—note her focus on Quan’s collaborations with Parisian ateliers [8].
Yee’s work focuses on intentional consumption over trend cycles. Pitches about Shein or TikTok-driven microtrends rarely resonate, whereas her deep dive into Melbourne’s slow fashion collective Common Hours received industry awards [8].
