About

SAMANTHA LANGSY

XXVI | Tampa | A Pain In Your Ass 

Hello, everyone! I want to personally say thank you to every single one of you who will be joining me on my journey. I am a small town girl, born in Rockford, Illinois, who then moved to the Sunshine State in 2001 where I lived for about 12 years. Then I headed off to the concrete jungle in 2013, where my heart will forever be. 

In 2008, I was going to college for Biomedical Sciences and I hated it, but I endured it for a couple years longer. At that same time, I started a clothing line called Dankt. 

What is Dankt? My cousin used to go around describing everything that was positive (cool, sweet, amazing, fun, awesome, etc.) as "dankt" and it kind of stuck with me and I have used that term ever since. Dankt is a fashionable and minimalistic / modern clothing line that is also affordable at the same time. Dankt designs are able to replicate similar styles as the current fashion trends while incorporating it's own style into the designs and forecasting upcoming trends. After one month of the line launching, I sold out of everything that we had in the warehouse. And instead of continuing the line, which is what I should have done, my parents made me concentrate only on school.

In 2013, I got accepted into the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. I had never gone to New York the state, let alone the fashion capital of the world. I had never expected to get accepted and I had no idea what to do. I really wanted to attend a prestigious fashion school and to move towards achieving my dream career. I knew that I had to tell my parents and that they would not take it so well and I was right. My father was so upset he kicked me out of the house weeks prior to me moving to the city. My mother was more understanding and continues to help me with every aspect of my life so I could become successful and to live a happy life. 

Moving to Manhattan is the best choice that I have ever made, all thanks to  my supporters and believers. This past few years has been filled with so many ups and downs, mostly ups, but that is what life is about. You have to go through trials to become stronger, even if it is cliched! Moving to New York has been one of the hardest processes that I have ever had to experience. Because I was cut off from a lot of things, I moved to New York with only $300 in my pocket. Even if you have never been to the city, I am sure that you do know the living expense is insane up there! But I got a job at a sports bar (even without having any serving experience or alcohol knowledge for that matter) and I worked basically full time while going to school full time. I am not going to lie, the city actually never sleeps and neither do I! I would sleep maybe 2-3 hours a night but you know what, I have had the best time in my life. It is truly a whole different world up there and I would encourage everyone to live there at some point in their lives!

I recently moved back down to Tampa, Florida beginning of October 2016. I feel like I have experienced so much in the past 4 years and I even changed my career several of times - serving, bartending, managing a bar, working on Wallstreet as a marketing assistant, fashion stylist, and a buyer of an urban streetwear company! I felt that it was time for me to pick a (calmer) city to settle down which is what I am attempting to do now - all while relaunching Dankt (so look out for it soon!!). 

I tried to keep the emotions and negatives at a low while telling you guys a little slice of my life because you guys probably don't want the unnecessary details and also I want to let you all know that I took a big risk and stepped out to go and follow and conquer my dreams even though I didn't have the best support or have things go my way 100% of the time. I want to encourage everyone that it is never too late to start all over, to do what you truly want to do for the rest of your lives, and to be happy. Even if you have absolutely no one by your side, know that you can still do it and that I will always be there to support every single one of you. Always dream big and live passionately!