"The audience was on its feet, screaming, shouting, weeping, a deluge of hysteria...
Tears at a fashion show - Perhaps this is the crux of Yves Saint Laurent's genius. He has an ability to touch people and arouse emotion through cothes. This is what makes his clothes memorable: not their newness or innovation, not their femininity or colour, but their power to stir and evoke emotion."
- The beautiful fall by Alicia Drake, on his renowned "Opera" collection of 1976.