Daniella been involved in the fashion industry for over twenty years. From self designing and sewing, designer buying, attending Fashion Shows of La Perla, Fendi, and Fiorucci, working in retail at high end boutique Maria Cagol and Abercrombie & Fitch and assisting with the development and promotion of new line Nibbatti, Cagol has been surrounded by fashion. With travels to over 30 countries, her own sense of style and individuality is a medley of exotic traditions, cultures, and of course, confidence!

But it was also at a very young age that she became not only fascinated with fashion photography, but the editorial that always accompanies great works and beautiful designs. Writing for the past ten years, with a concentration in fashion, Cagol has an extensive resume that shows her dedication and passion for a billion dollar industry. Working closely with Fashion Business Club (FBC), Cagol is every day paving a path for herself and surrounding herself with what she lives and breathes: fashion and most importantly, journalism.

As Editor-in-Chief of theHub, Cagol’s dedication and passion in not only fashion but the creative industries pours into a company that strives to place and promote people within its concentrated sectors. From recruiting writers and artists for C-Hab to writing her own assorted share of features and pieces to attending events on the company’s behalf, Cagol is 100% absorbed by what she strongly believes: Creativity is a passion and to uphold that passion is to embrace it and share it to the world!

In the days when Genevieve could still ride around on her fathers’ shoulders she was writing stories about goblins in cities of lightning and cryptic monkeys offering clues about gold skulls and the secrets of the glistening ocean. As she grew older she started fusing her imagination with observing reality around her and her interest shifted to issues about things that other people could actually see but still using surreal and fantastical ideas to colour this reality.

Genevieve grew up in South Africa, a beautiful but troubled part of the world. She saw things as a child and became moved by how the world worked and what drove people, the things that inspired them and the things that could bring the human spirit crashing down. She felt she should represent the turmoil of people who could not express themselves.

She left for England when she was 14 with my family and finished high school here. During Genevieve’s teen years she became heavily interested in music when she saw her brother playing the guitar. It sounded so beautiful to her and when she was left with a store of his Smashing Pumpkins albums to listen to she started playing guitar and quickly became absorbed in its possibilities.

When she was 17 Genevieve applied for university in Australia for a change of lifestyle and started a Bachelor of Science degree at The University of Sydney. After completing a major in Pharmacology she did not feel complete. She enrolled at The Australian Institute of Music and started studying music full time, working at a restaurant at nights to pay for her singing lessons and rent. With her brother, Genevieve started a band and began writing songs. They indulged themselves in the music scene and every part of what it was to dream of being in a band forever.

When they had exhausted the artistic resources and possibilities in Australia Genevieve and her brother left for England. They arrived four months ago and are here exploring this tiny and intense world once again.

Lasharna is the Hub’s vibrant and multi-skilled Editorial Press assistant. She loves most things related to fashion and spends a lot of time researching the industry and gaining inspiration from visually engaging ad campaigns and their designs.

She is invigorated by the feminine aspects of fashion so anything adorned with floral print and bows are right up her street. Her hobbies range from spontaneous graphic designing to eating frosting out of a tub. She is a passionate social networker and is always actively keeping up to date with what’s going on in this world! She splits her time between C-Hab, family, friends, work and church.

Family Guy makes her laugh aloud when she’s alone in her room and she could not live without her laptop, her music collection and her Jasper Conran bag. When she was smaller she wanted to be an actress but then Lasharna saw the worlds worst film (Grease 2) and it put her off acting. Thank goodness because now she is injecting her magic and energy in to C-Hab!

Emily Wilson has been making and studying the visual arts and crafts for as long as she can remember. Her aunt is an artist who actively encouraged drawing pictures and hand making objects. Her parents taught her from an early age how to sew, mend, and modify items, and she has inherited an obsession with wool that has spanned several generations and several closets full of afghans.

Emily graduated from University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Art History and Italian and is currently pursuing a post-graduate degree in Information Management in the Cultural Sector at City University in London. She is focusing her studies on the museum and public art sectors and has a somewhat unhealthy interest in the London Underground and the tiles that line it.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Emily enjoys the intersection of fine art and wool or High Art and art. She hopes that through the crossroads of art and craft, the Arts won’t present such an entry barrier to understanding and making. She is an avid knitter of practical and artistic pieces and has been working on her own creative development and building a portfolio in traditional arts and in crafts.

Writing about the arts is a natural extension of her other activities and is a compulsory habit instilled in her by education. It is her way of engaging with the world around her of which she notes that “I have this desire to share with other people my experience of the world so that I may understand theirs and to share the great things happening in the world so that it doesn’t seem so overwhelming and harsh to the artistic realm or any other.”

Mary is a 20 year old fashion enthusiast who, in her life so far, has mostly been a student. Being a hard-worker she flourished in her education; she had her writing published in an anthology at the age of 12, which had her exploring her poem-writing skills in her early teenage years. But as she grew older, she became more and more interested in science, art and fashion. At college she studied textiles as well as the sciences. Then after completing her A Levels, she went on to study Materials Engineering at Loughborough University, but later left after feeling unfulfilled by the course. Back in London she started working as she planned her next moves in life. In September 2009 during London Fashion Week, Mary work alongside the presenters of Fashion TV. Mary loves to attend fashion shows, exhibitions, parties and networking with industry professionals. Having been inspired by the wonderful experience she had there, Mary decided that she would focus her goals on becoming a reporter, specialising in the fashion industry. This takes us to the present day where she is currently honing her writing, reporting and editing skills with theHub.

Born in London in 1986, Rachael graduated from university in 2008 having studied Fashion Promotion BA (hons). Since moving back to the city she went straight into full-time employment within the wonderful world of Fashion PR. Whilst the job was fun and she experienced a lot, it didn’t allow her to express her creativity so she started an anonymous blog in March 2009 allowing her to have a creative outlet and most importantly, somewhere to write. Fast forward to 2010 and Rachael no longer works in PR, instead she contributes to a variety of online fashion publications including Amelia’s Magazine, where she is Fashion Editor.

Among her interests are fine art, street art and photography which she often over-indulges in her spare time by whiling away afternoons in her favourite galleries and public spaces. A love of vintage film is another passion of Rachael’s which sees her more likely to be found at the BFI or PCC during any 1940s or 1950s screening than queuing up for the latest blockbuster at her local cinema (with the exceptions of Avatar and SATC).

As you may have guessed Rachael’s biggest interest lies in fashion, where she strongly advocates the ‘Make do and Mend’ philosophy, often preferring to shop vintage and customise her own clothes; but like everyone she also does her bit to support the British High Street! In her writing Rachael enjoys promoting ethical and environmentally-friendly designers and highlighting up-and-coming graduates to watch out for. As a keen human rights campaigner Rachael is developing a burgeoning passion for politics and wouldn’t be at all surprised if she found herself immersed in this arena in later life. Rachael and her sister have a pact that if either of them were to ever win the lottery (or earn enough money) the first thing they would do is set up an international children’s charitable foundation. For now she is very happy editing and is looking forward to what the new decade holds in store.

Panruetai Chitrakorn –better known by the name Kati– was born in Bangkok, Thailand on 18 October 1990. She moved to Hong Kong in 1991 and attended Sha Tin Junior School, an educational institution run by the English Schools Foundation (ESF) – the largest independent schools organization in Asia.

In 1996 she entered a children’s poetry competition hosted by the ESF and won first prize. From then on, she pursued her interest in reading and writing, joining societies such as Scrabble Club, and was one of six students chosen to join the Creative Writing Union in 1999. Kati progressed into Sha Tin College shortly after, and became heavily involved in the school magazine –VOICE– where she was a regular contributor, and eventually, the arts editor. In 2006 she applied for a student leader role and landed the position of ‘Head of Creativity’, making her responsible for ads, campaigns and art-related events throughout the school.

Alongside her studies, Kati learnt German at world-renowned Goethe Institut and obtained a Deutsch Zertifikat (German Certificate). She was also very keen on playing the piano and completed ABRSM piano examinations up to Grade 8. Kati graduated in 2008 with an International Baccalaureate diploma, specializing in Art, Design Technology and English studies. Within the same year, she was offered a placement on the BA Journalism course at the London College of Communication. Having moved to London, Kati has been gaining plentiful experience, working as a copywriter or freelancing for various companies. This includes Asia City Publishing, New York fashion business Nolcha.com, and multinational design company COG. Ltd.

Today, Kati writes for local and international media. She has always aspired to be an editor and is positively thrilled to be part of the editorial team at theHub.

Stuart is a graphic designer working with C-Hab; he has a particular passion for motion graphics, so occasionally you’ll notice new work appearing in our video window on theHub that he has produced. Since joining the team Stuart worked on theHubs marketing, advertising, print and web designs.

Stuart’s aim as a designer is to be truly multi-disciplinary; therefore he has had a hand in many of the visuals you see around the theHub and future C-Hab campaigns. If you are cool enough to have downloaded one of our array of desktop backgrounds then you’ve got your hands on some of his work. Stuart works closely with our creative director to ensure everything that comes out of C-Hab is polished to meet the demands of a design conscious audience (not an easy task when you consider the size and variety of disciplines we cater for!).

As well as working with C-Hab, Stuart undertakes small pieces of freelance work and produces large paintings in his free time. He loves skiing and is forever on the hunt for that perfect track to go with a motion graphics showreel; hopefully we’ll have done enough work to produce one next year! Stuart is a towering 6-foot-3, so in the future just look out for the team that are literally head and shoulders above the rest!

Amy was born in the Midwestern United States and has lived on both the East and West coasts before moving to London. She is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States.

As a student of Syracuse University in northern New York, Amy studied English and Textual Studies as well as acting. After graduating, she was drawn to a career in editing and writing. Three years later, she made the cross-country leap west to California, and began working in magazine publishing in Los Angeles. It was in L.A. that Amy nurtured her writing skills, turning out informative, entertaining essays of a personal nature that were published in women’s and online magazines. Subjects ranged from societal dating conventions to the emotional benefits of exercise. She also wrote articles for trade magazines and covered the struggling New Orleans electronic and hip-hop music scenes after Hurricane Katrina, for URB music magazine…

Gemma aspired to become a Journalist from a very young age, having fallen in love with the English language at primary school when she was given the Famous Five and Secret Seven to read. Her dream was affirmed when she studied Media at A level and loved every minute of it, especially learning about how publications came together appreciating the importance of news and informing the public. Gemma had a knack for languages and so decided to also continue to study German at University. After completing her degree in European Studies and German, she went on to obtain my NCTJ in Newspaper Journalism and it was then that she realised news reporting was definitely for her.

Whilst in journalism college, Gemma wrote for an internal magazine, learned shorthand and obtained work experience at a variety of publications including Metro newspaper and the Kilburn Times.

Gemma has worked Freelance for six months as a News Reporter for various local newspapers, and after a short stint as a Trainee Reporter in Buckinghamshire, she then took a position as an Assistant Editor for a department store’s internal publication. Gemma has a strong news background, a lot of experience feature writing and really enjoys being part of something that is important to the public. Her role as an Assistant Editor enabled her to gain a number of new skills including subbing, editing, page layout, design and photography and after two years there, it was time to put these new skills into practice in a new environment. Now Gemma works as a Senior Sub Editor at a broadcasting services company editing TV listings, writing features and sourcing and editing images for TV channels and TV listings magazines.

Gemma is passionate about providing information in a variety of formats and entertaining her readers, which is why she is still striving to obtain experience in all types of journalism.

Mick Jagger was the first rock concert Liam ever attended. He was still in the womb.

In 1989, his mother ejected him to planet Earth – specifically, Sydney, Australia. Since then, he has completed many computer games,
learnt karate and tap dancing. He attended two private schools but that is not important.

At the age of eight, Liam began learning trumpet. To this day, he still plays trumpet (and other instruments) for various ensembles and
bands of many different styles – punk, indie rock, alternative country, various orchestras, big band jazz, freejazz, experimental music and psychedelic rock groups. Adding to this, he has explored folk, post-punk and even electronic music and hip-hop. He spends most of his money on concert tickets and public transport on the way home from them.

In 2006, he met Genevieve Knevitt at a gig. They have performed music together and now they both write for theHub. Surprisingly, he doesn’t study music or journalism – he is currently completing the Bachelor of Science in IT degree at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Liam is fascinated by Dr. Seuss, vinyl and shamanism. From time to time, you’ll find him alienating his friends with his eccentric behaviour and guitar pedals.
For the love of discovery and to avoid repetition, Liam tends to reach out and grab new endeavours and step outside his own box. At age twenty, Liam began writing poetry, attempted performance art, wrote some chiptune music and magazine articles.
Liam is trying to wake up the world by exploring it as much as he can. The adventure is not over yet…