Paco Rabanne today announced that all their models in the upcoming Paris Autumn Collection will be wearing the new -2 range.  Aurelien Tremblay, Paco Rabanne's driving force behind some of their most innovative ranges, told a packed press meeting, "As women get fatter, so they want their role models to get thinner.  Size 6 women want to be a size 4.  Size 10 women want to be a size 0.  So for the American market we are introducing a new range of size minus two."

In a sneak preview, he revealed that this year the new front was the back.  "The curve of a woman's spine is a work of art.  It is an erotic highway down which a man's eyes travel on an epic adventure full of erotic promise.  My new creations this year will emphasise the naked spine.  With size minus 2, that will mean necklines will plunge to the navel so that we can see the verterbrae as they poke through the belly."

Controversial and impractical, the Autumn shows nevertheless influence mainstream couture, so this winter be prepared for tops that have a xylophone theme, watchstraps doubling as belts, and accessorized crutches as ricketts becomes the new must-have illness.

When a journalist from Cosmopolitan asked whether he was concerned about the negative impact that this might have on young impressionable girls, Tremblay replied "Only a fat woman who does not have the willpower to resist eating even for a week would ask such a question.  Get your fat size 2 bottom out of my sight.  It offends me."

In an unrelated move, Paco Rabanne is introducing new designer healthy-eating instant meals for girls on the move.  The first, Greek Salad, consisting of two low-fat chick peas and a leaf of roquette, is sold in a chic half-inch thick plastic container displaying reprints of Monet's famous Water Lilies.  Explained a spokesman, "The salad contains 3 calories.  Opening the packaging burns 150 calories.  This is well worth the 45 euros recommended selling price."