The thigh gap’s social media presence is, in fact, a “perfect storm,” says Berkeley, Calif. licensed clinical social worker Debra Milinsky of the Feminist Therapy Connection.

Model Cara Delevingne’s thigh gap even had its own Twitter account. Far more disturbing, though, were the women commenting “goals” on pictures of particularly hollowed-out legs.

“The Magic Gap,” which was shot by fashion photog and director Guy Aroch, is part of lifestyle website NOWNESS’ #DefineBeauty campaign. “As a male, I didn’t even know (the thigh gap ...

"Thigh gap is not a normal body shape for most women," Lock says. To achieve it, "you're going to have to distort and really modify your behaviors.

The thigh gap trend was created to make girls feel good about being skinny and girls started posting theirs or celebrity thigh gaps on social media. Girls should strive to be healthy, not skinny.

‘Thigh gap’ weight-loss trend fueled by social media In this Aug. 22, 2013, photo, Sara, a 22-year-old client of Castlewood Treatment Center, looks over the yard at the center in St. Louis.

The thigh-gap was one of the first unhealthy practices about body image to go viral. Since the thigh-gap, social media has been overrun with so-called body goals like the viral.

The concept of thigh gap jewellery was thought up by designer Soo Kyung Bae who, under the brand name 'TGAP' appeared to be selling a range of thigh gap adornments, ranging from the "fringe" to ...

A thigh gap, for the six people still unfamiliar with the term, is created by thighs so slender, they do not touch when a woman stands with her feet together. One does not have to get all “Da ...

April 22, 2014 -- A Kickstarter campaign for jeans that cater to strong butts, meaty thighs and curvy calves crushed its funding goal of $15,000 in just 47 minutes. “These are the anti-thigh gap ...