Kee was born on 24 January 1947 in Bondi, New South Wales to a Chinese father and a sixth-generation Australian mother of Italian-English descent.

[3] She started her career in fashion in modelling, at one time featuring as the face of Canadian Pacific Air Lines advertisements.

They formed a partnership creating outfits including bright and colourful pure Australian wool knitted jumpers with fauna and flora emblems.

Among them was a knitted koala jumper nicknamed "Blinky" that was owned by Diana, Princess of Wales, who wore it to a polo game at Windsor Castle in 1982.

[3] In 2015, she partnered with Woolmark to launch an Australian merino capsule collection inspired by her past designs, including the jumper worn by Princess Diana.