--- title: Winter Fashions: Photos From the Slopes of Mont-Tremblant description: In the midst of one of most unsettled winters in decades, LIFE.com features photos of winter scenery and winter fashions in Quebec, Canada. canonical: https://time.com/3620820/winter-scenes-winter-fashions-photos-from-canadian-ski-slopes/ author: Ben Cosgrove article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-17T20:26:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:06:47.827Z og:title: Winter Fashions: Photos From the Slopes of Mont-Tremblant og:description: In the midst of one of most unsettled winters in decades, LIFE.com features photos of winter scenery and winter fashions in Quebec, Canada. og:url: https://time.com/3620820/winter-scenes-winter-fashions-photos-from-canadian-ski-slopes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e0d785c1f4a0173/69876d0e524fc077afdeb35b/140114-life-magazine-cover-1945-ski-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: LIFE Magazine cover, February 19, 1945 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Winter Fashions: Photos From the Slopes of Mont-Tremblant twitter:description: In the midst of one of most unsettled winters in decades, LIFE.com features photos of winter scenery and winter fashions in Quebec, Canada. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e0d785c1f4a0173/69876d0e524fc077afdeb35b/140114-life-magazine-cover-1945-ski-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Winter Scenes, Winter Fashions: Photos From Canadian Ski Slopes by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Feb 17, 2014 8:26 PM UTC  LIFE Magazine cover, February 19, 1945 LIFE Magazine cover, February 19, 1945LIFE Magazine by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Feb 17, 2014 8:26 PM UTC In February 1945, LIFE magazine declared [Mont-Tremblant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Tremblant,%5FQuebec), a resort in the Laurentian Mountains 90 miles north of Montreal, the “ski-fashion center of the world.” The reasons for Mont Tremblant’s surpassing winter-style meccas like St. Moritz and Sun Valley, according to LIFE, were two: “Many of the guests are rich, well-dressed friends of the owner, Joseph B. Ryan, grandson of financier Thomas Fortune Ryan, \[and\] one of the instructors is a beautiful former model, Blanche Rybizka.” In the midst of one of the snowiest, most unsettled winters in decades, LIFE.com remembers that long-ago issue of LIFE — and the lovely Blanche Rybizka’s singular fashion sense — with a series of Alfred Eisenstaedt photos of Canadian winter scenery and winter finery.  Mont-Tremblant, Canada, 1945. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ![For skiing at 40 degrees below zero Blanche \[Rybizka\] wears a deerhide jacket, a raccoon-edged hood, fur-lined mittens and two pairs of underwear under her trim pants.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43154688189cacc0/69876d0f0b72e30af26dc651/141205-canada-winter-fashions-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp) Caption from LIFE. For skiing at 40 degrees below zero Blanche \[Rybizka\] wears a deerhide jacket, a raccoon-edged hood, fur-lined mittens and two pairs of underwear under her trim pants. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Mont Tremblant, Canada, 1945. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Nunlike coif, worn under a cap keeps both ears and neck warm. Blanche's coifs, of which she has many, made by herself in different colors of wool jersey, have started a new ski-headgoer fashion. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Mont Tremblant, Canada, 1945. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Dark sweater or dark parka is usually combined by Blanche with lighter trousers. When skiing in a sweater on very cold days, she wears a parka underneath. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Mont-Tremblant, Canada, 1945. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. White parka is usually worn by Blanche with a pair of dark ski trousers. A parka is a lightweight hooded ski jacket. Over hood of parka Blanche wears a cap with visor. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Mont-Tremblant, Canada, 1945. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Gray tweed jacket and other wool jackets are worn by Blanche on days when the wind doesn't blow too hard. Though warm, tweed is not as wind-resistant as closely woven cloth used for parkas. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Mont-Tremblant, Canada, 1945. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  LIFE Magazine cover, February 19, 1945 LIFE Magazine ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3620820/winter-scenes-winter-fashions-photos-from-canadian-ski-slopes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3620820/winter-scenes-winter-fashions-photos-from-canadian-ski-slopes/"},"headline":"Winter Scenes, Winter Fashions: Photos From Canadian Ski Slopes","datePublished":"2014-02-17T20:26:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:47.827Z","description":"In the midst of one of most unsettled winters in decades, LIFE.com features photos of winter scenery and winter fashions in Quebec, Canada.","url":"https://time.com/3620820/winter-scenes-winter-fashions-photos-from-canadian-ski-slopes/","keywords":["fashion","winter","Canada","photography","alfred eisenstaedt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e0d785c1f4a0173/69876d0e524fc077afdeb35b/140114-life-magazine-cover-1945-ski-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ben Cosgrove","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e0d785c1f4a0173/69876d0e524fc077afdeb35b/140114-life-magazine-cover-1945-ski-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"LIFE Magazine cover, February 19, 1945","caption":"LIFE Magazine cover, February 19, 1945","creditText":"LIFE Magazine","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fashion/","name":"fashion"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3620820/winter-scenes-winter-fashions-photos-from-canadian-ski-slopes/","name":"Winter Scenes, Winter Fashions: Photos From Canadian Ski Slopes"}}]}] ```