Benny Lumpkins Jr.

  • Costume Designer/Fashion Stylist/Art Director
  • LA., NYC, Detroit, Chicago, Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville, Dallas.

I have an eye for fashion and I use that to make art with bodies as my canvass.

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It’s time to meet one of the industry’s most sought after fashion stylist/costume designer, Benny Lumpkins Jr.,.

Originally from Detroit, he brings an array of experience and creativity to the who’s who of costuming & styling talent in film, television, commercials, and print.

Recently, he costumed and designed various scenes for Sundance Film Festival hit DOPE, his work also appears on TV shows: Hart of Dixie, The Middle, Rush Hour, Delores and Jermaine, Teen Wolf, This Is Us, Pretty Little Liars, 2 Broke Girls and the CBS’ comedy hit Mom. As well as in films: Stranded, Oz the Great and Powerful, Real Steel, Drone Wars, 21 Days, and Kill Me Deadly.

Benny started his career as a stylist/dresser for most of Detroit's top fashion shows. He later landed a costuming gig for ABC’s Detroit 187 in his hometown. Since then, his costume design and costuming career exploded.

"My firm belief is in my aesthetic, which is to use colors, patterns, textiles and textures on the human body as a canvas to create engaging, characters and dynamic, visual looks."

Education

MA in Theatre at Eastern Michigan University

07/2007 – 04/2009 Ypsilanti, MI

MFA in Fashion at Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Certificate in Costume Design at Los Angeles City College

Los Angeles, CA

BA in Theatre/Communications at Old Dominion University

01/99 – 08/03 Norfolk, VA

Clients

ABC/Disney, 20th Century Fox Television, NBC Universal, Warner Bros., Ambassador Magazine, Many more...

Specialties

Military CostumesAger-DyerSetcontinuity