Saturday, April 21, 2012

Subculture Fashion



                                                          Harley Davidson


The biker brand is an extremely popular aspect of our culture and is very present in our society. At any given time you can see a Harley Davidson bike zooming down the streets with the rider’s proudly displaying their Harley Davidson gear. If you check out the Harley Davidson website http://www.harleydavidson.com/en_US/Content/Pages/home.html?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US you can see the wide variety of merchandise that is available for purchase. From leather vests to jewelry, and gifts, there is no lack of options. As you can see from my glog there is a wide variety of styles available. From men, woman, children and even pets, the brand reaches far.
The fashion of the Harley Davidson gear is a good representation of what the brand stands for. Ask anyone what they think of when you say Harley rider, and they will most likely say, leather, tattoos, and tough. Although this stereotype doesn’t fit every single Harley rider on the roads, it is an accurate description of the brand.
Popular culture tells us that Harley Davidson is a cool, tough image that people are willing to dive into. A motorcycle, leather and some tattoos qualify someone as part of an exclusive group or club. There is a brotherhood to the culture. This can be signified through vest patches or group names.
Many Harley Davidson riders are Harley Davidson riders for life. The following link has information about the market trends for Harley Davidson. You will notice that the information confirms the popularity of the brand as well as the forecast of increased sales in both the U.S as well as international sales.


I have also created a glog that expresses the different aspects of the subculture and how they are represented
http://rebekah101.edu.glogster.com/harley-davidson-/

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