These jewellery pieces by Singapore designer Soo Kyung Bae are intended to spark a debate about unrealistic body-image expectations portrayed by the media.
Bae, a final-year industrial design student at the National University of Singapore, created the TGap Jewellery pieces to draw attention to the area between a woman's thighs ? often referred to as a thigh gap.
The thigh gap has become considered a beauty ideal among young people in the Western world, sparking an internet trend for teenage girls and young women measuring the distance between the tops of their inner legs, then posting the results on social media.
"Thigh gap represents one of the first few trends regarding body ideals the media has popularised," Bae told Dezeen. "It clearly demonstrates media's power on influencing one's perception of body image."
"The jewellery pieces take the thigh-gap trend to another level, the pieces are created in hopes of sparking questions," she added. "If we let the media to keep popularising such unrealistic body ideal, will this eventually become reality""
Each of the pieces were created from 18-karat gold-plated sterling silver, and are marketed on a website.
The online store is intended to show the media's ability to influence people to believe or follow a trend.

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