I always felt that his attempts at YSL had very good intentions but I also wished he just designed those things for Gucci. Gucci always seemed to have this cold sexuality to it that would have been so much better if it had the sensuality he seemed to throw only at YSL.
At the same time, I think it would have been foolish for him to go into YSL trying to...honor the same looks, I'm sorry, I know that sounds just totally wrong. YSL is sitting on his *** somewhere, he's no longer designing the collection. Whether you like it or not, time has to go on, people have to come in with new ideas. There's no reason in the world why a designer should turn a brand into some kind of museum where you essentially just pay homage to someone who had either given up the line or passed away.
Introducing contradictory elements has turned Christian Dior into a mega brand. And does anyone honestly think that Mme. Chanel would have been pleased with Karl Lagerfeld introducing looks for men on her runway??? That's totally opposite of what she was about! And yet, her philosophy beccomes all the more clear because of it, it's the right thing and the right time. Someone will come into YSL and do great things that essentially smack of what was already done at the line and everyone will be happy that yet again, the boat isn't rocked. Death to the conformists.