Gerry DeVeaux
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Gerry DeVeaux is an award winning songwriter/producer and style guru. DeVeaux is a contributing editor for UK style magazine Tatler
. He was style consultant for MTV Networks
co hosting shows like MTV Style and contributing to shows like ‘Who Wore What’. He was Creative Director and Judge on the show ‘Britain's Next Top Model
’ and Style Director and judge for ‘Scandinavia’s Next Top Model’. He also did 'Australia's Next Top Model
' sharing on screen style tips with Elle Macpherson. DeVeaux also shared his fashion advice on the UK’s ‘Project Catwalk’ and in the Channel 4 series ‘Slave to Fashion’ with June Sarpong
. DeVeaux was style Ambassador for Sony Cybershot and co hosted the Sony sponsored Sydney Fashion week. DeVeaux’s most recent projects include producing and presenting his own half hour BBC programme ‘Living Style with Gerry DeVeaux’ shown globally on BBC World and an MTV special showing his behind the scenes perspective for the US launch of Topshop with Kate Moss. DeVeaux works closely with many international designers and is creative consultant for Fashion Rocks and sits on the Cool Brands council. He was also Creative Director for the UK charity campaign Fashion Targets Breast Cancer.
Among DeVeaux' multi-platinum music hits are the breakthrough worldwide hit ‘Be My Baby’ for French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis
and international hits for Lenny Kravitz
including 'Heaven Help'. Gerry also wrote and produced hits for Kylie Minogue and Angie Stone who he signed to his label/imprint DeVox Records. The DeVeaux co-produced Angie Stone album ‘Black Diamond’ was voted ‘Best Album of The Year’ in America by Billboard and was an international platinum seller. DeVeaux also wrote hits for funk legend Chaka Khan
including ‘Never Miss The Water’ from Khan’s ‘Best of’ collection.
DeVeaux' songs have been used in TV, film and commercials including hit shows Friends, ER and The Sopranos, films ‘Shaft’ and ‘The Importance of being Earnest’ and commercials for Peugeot cars.
Tatler
Tatler has been the name of several British journals and magazines, each of which has viewed itself as the successor of the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. The current incarnation, founded in 1901, is a glossy magazine published by Condé Nast Publications...
. He was style consultant for MTV Networks
MTV Networks
MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operations of many television channels and Internet brands, including the original MTV channel in the United States...
co hosting shows like MTV Style and contributing to shows like ‘Who Wore What’. He was Creative Director and Judge on the show ‘Britain's Next Top Model
Britain's Next Top Model
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model is a British reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Britain's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry...
’ and Style Director and judge for ‘Scandinavia’s Next Top Model’. He also did 'Australia's Next Top Model
Australia's Next Top Model
Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television series, based on a franchise that was created by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model...
' sharing on screen style tips with Elle Macpherson. DeVeaux also shared his fashion advice on the UK’s ‘Project Catwalk’ and in the Channel 4 series ‘Slave to Fashion’ with June Sarpong
June Sarpong
June Sarpong MBE is an English television presenter of Ghanaian descent.-Education:Sarpong was born in London to Ghanaian parents. She was educated at Connaught Girls School in Leytonstone and Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow....
. DeVeaux was style Ambassador for Sony Cybershot and co hosted the Sony sponsored Sydney Fashion week. DeVeaux’s most recent projects include producing and presenting his own half hour BBC programme ‘Living Style with Gerry DeVeaux’ shown globally on BBC World and an MTV special showing his behind the scenes perspective for the US launch of Topshop with Kate Moss. DeVeaux works closely with many international designers and is creative consultant for Fashion Rocks and sits on the Cool Brands council. He was also Creative Director for the UK charity campaign Fashion Targets Breast Cancer.
Among DeVeaux' multi-platinum music hits are the breakthrough worldwide hit ‘Be My Baby’ for French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi"...
and international hits for Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...
including 'Heaven Help'. Gerry also wrote and produced hits for Kylie Minogue and Angie Stone who he signed to his label/imprint DeVox Records. The DeVeaux co-produced Angie Stone album ‘Black Diamond’ was voted ‘Best Album of The Year’ in America by Billboard and was an international platinum seller. DeVeaux also wrote hits for funk legend Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
including ‘Never Miss The Water’ from Khan’s ‘Best of’ collection.
DeVeaux' songs have been used in TV, film and commercials including hit shows Friends, ER and The Sopranos, films ‘Shaft’ and ‘The Importance of being Earnest’ and commercials for Peugeot cars.