W's Murren Valley Turtleneck
Designed for the quieter moments of the alpine season, the W’s Murren Valley Turtleneck draws from the elegant restraint of the Kandahar Ski Club and the social rituals that shaped early mountain sport. In the 1920s, women of the first Alpine Sports Clubs dressed not for spectacle, but for presence—garments that moved effortlessly between chalet mornings, mountain travel, and social affairs.
This modern lightweight rollneck honors that lineage with a refined, feminine shape and ultra- soft Italian merino yarn fibers. The fine rib construction offers gentle stretch and structure, balancing comfort with polish for transitional & temperate weather.
Crafted to embody the quiet sophistication of women who helped define alpine culture—where sport, style, and society met with grace – the W’s Murren Valley Turtleneck is a timeless & confident layer in the Kandahar Club’s aristocratic British origins and tasteful passion for alpine sport culture.
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Features & Benefits
Italian First Class Fibers
Made with 100% Italian merino fibers offering ultra-soft hand feel and contoured comfort.
ALPINE TRADITION
Adopted by the Founding Female members of the Kandahar Club of Murren, Switzerland, the classic turtleneck silhouette simultaneously expressed sophistication, taste, and alpine authenticity.
FIT FOR SPRING & SUMMER
Spring & Summer ultra-fine yarns deliver ideal weight & fit for temperate alpine settings.
THE STORY
Founded in the winter of 1928, the Kandahar Ski Club emerged from a singular moment of ambition, elegance, and quiet defiance in the high Alps. Its earliest members—many of them British expatriates and visiting sportsmen—set out on foot from Mürren, climbing laboriously to the summit of the Schilthorn before committing themselves to a long, uncompromising descent toward the valley below. There were no lifts, no guarantees—only resolve, skill, and the conviction that alpine sport could be elevated to something noble and exacting.
From its inception, the Club embodied a particular sensibility: British in temperament, alpine in spirit. It was shaped by the traditions of mountaineering, military discipline, and gentlemanly sport, yet animated by a modern appetite for speed, competition, and technical mastery. Skiing, for Kandahar’s founders, was not recreation alone—it was a test of character conducted at altitude.
Notably, the Kandahar Ski Club was progressive for its time. Alongside its founding gentlemen were pioneering women—many also of British origin—who refused the era’s narrow definitions of sport and society. These early female members skied the same slopes, endured the same climbs, and competed with the same quiet determination as their male counterparts. Their presence was not ornamental; it was essential. In an age when alpine sport was still being codified, Kandahar stood apart by recognizing skill and courage above convention.