Golf shoes and sport sunglasses do not usually share a design language. Metalwood Studio found the one place they meet. Its first capsule with Oakley takes the wingtip brogue, the punched pattern on old leather golf shoes, and laser-etches it straight into the lens of an Oakley SCAR. It lands on November 12 at 5 p.m. Pacific time on Metalwood.Studio and Oakley.com, and in Oakley stores.
Who is Metalwood Studio?
Metalwood is a golf label and shop built around one moment: the late 90s and early 2000s, when pros traded persimmon woods and balata balls for something faster, and the clothes went big and baggy. Its about page calls the brand a nostalgic wormhole, and the shop mixes its own clothing with vintage gear and old equipment. Founder Cole Young says Metalwood exists to make the game feel more open and more personal.
That is also the era when Oakley made the SCAR and its own golf shoes, which is why this pairing works. In the official release, Oakley senior designer Kelly Wenrick describes it as Metalwood's Tired Technology meeting Oakley counterculture.
The Oakley x Metalwood sunglasses
There are two frames, and each carries an etched lens.
- SCAR. The headline piece. A lightweight O-Matter frame, Plutonite lenses with full UV protection, low-light Prizm optics and a metal hinge, with the brogue pattern laser-etched onto the lens. The detail nods to vintage golf footwear, including the TUXEDO golf shoes Oakley made in the early 2000s. The SCAR shape itself dates to 2001, which Oakley's own press hub calls iconic.
- Plantaris SQ. Trans Dark Grey with Prizm Bronze lenses and the Metalwood Studio wordmark laser-etched into the lens. It comes in a custom box with a microfiber cloth.
The apparel, piece by piece
The apparel and accessories round it out, and they lean technical rather than retro costume.
- Icon Jacket and Icon Pant: paneled, with reflective piping and custom branded hardware.
- Perforated Polo: sweat-mapped perforation.
- C1 Polo: built on Oakley's best-selling C1 collar.
- Longsleeve Knit: poly-stretch fleece.
- Spike Ellipse T-Shirt: enzyme-washed.
- Wingtip Dad Cap: brogue-style perforation, in Pitch Black and Pebble.
- Crew Sock: jacquard knit.
What to buy
- SCAR with the brogue lens. The one piece that could only exist in this collab, on a frame with real history. Shop it at Metalwood Studio or Oakley.com.
- Wingtip Dad Cap. The easiest way into the brogue idea, in Pitch Black or Pebble. See the capsule at Metalwood Studio.
- C1 Polo. If you actually play, this is the one built on a proven Oakley collar rather than a graphic. Shop it at Oakley.com.
For more eyewear with a real backstory, read our guide to the Persol 649 and 714, and for another golf crossover that went big, Tyler, The Creator's GOLF WANG Barça jersey.
Our call: buy the SCAR, skip the tee. Etching a brogue into a lens is the kind of small, clever idea collabs rarely bother with, and it ties two pieces of Oakley history together in one object. The apparel is well made but closer to what Oakley already sells. If the SCAR goes fast at 5 p.m. Pacific, the Wingtip Dad Cap carries the same idea for less commitment.
