Montreal’s Fine Art Museum is showcasing an outstanding exhibition yet again with an exceptional homage to the 40-year career and legacy of French haute couture maestro Yves Saint Laurent.

Saint Laurent, who started as Christian Dior’s assistant while studying at the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture, has defined and tremendously influenced fashion is today with his trademark pieces like the tuxedo, the blazer and the safari jacket — y’all know that they’ve become basic components of our daily attire.

“Masterful Pencil Strokes”, “The YSL Revolution”, “The Palette,” Lyrical Sources”: these are the different themes of the show, each of which is a reflection on the evolution of Saint Laurent’s style, which was greatly influenced by the artistic movements in painting, literature and cinema of his time.

After Montreal, this amazing retrospective, presented in collaboration with the Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, will be exhibited in San Francisco next Fall. On your way out check out “Style” — 249 pages of words and illustration by the master himself and written by Pierre Berge, one of Saint Laurent’s closest friends.

More info here.