Metalwood Put a Golf Shoe Brogue on Oakley's SCAR Lens

Metalwood Studio's Oakley capsule is the smartest golf thing Oakley has put its name on this year, and it came from a vintage golf shop on La Brea. The proof is on the lens. Metalwood laser etched a brogue pattern into the Prizm lens of the SCAR, the punched leather perforation you'd find on an old pair of golf shoes, and it lifted that motif in part from Oakley's own TUXEDO golf shoes of the early 2000s.

That's a label reading a bigger company's archive back to it.

The limited edition collection of eyewear, apparel and accessories is available now on oakley.com and metalwood.studio, with an in store release at Oakley retail locations. Paul Herrmann shot the photos. It's two frames and ten apparel pieces, and almost every one of them makes one argument.

Oakley's Own Golf Shoes Gave Metalwood the Brogue

The SCAR keeps everything that makes it a SCAR. It's still the lightweight O Matter frame with Plutonite UV protection, fitted here with a low light Prizm lens. The only change is the etching, and that's the whole design.

Brogue is a golf detail before it's a fashion one. The punched wingtip is most recognized on vintage golf footwear, and Oakley put its own version on golf shoes in the early 2000s. Metalwood found that detail and moved it from the feet to the face.

The frame choice matters, too. The SCAR first came out in 2001, and SATISFY gave it an X Silver Metal rework only last month. Metalwood's is the only SCAR this year that touches golf.

The second frame is the Plantaris SQ in Trans Dark Grey with a Prizm Bronze lens. Metalwood's wordmark is etched into that lens, and the pair ships with its own box and cloth. Extra Butter in New York carried it first come, first served online, pitching it as the attitude of early 2000s golf.

Two Friends and Family Drops Came First

None of this came out of nowhere. Oakley and Metalwood had already made a Pro M Frame and a Straightjacket nicknamed "maybe scar," and both went out as friends and family exclusives that never reached Oakley's normal shelves.

Then came Paris. In July, Metalwood hosted Oakley at a Paris Fashion Week event and teased a third Oakley collaboration, with early leaks pointing to two frames, the FatCat and the Plantaris SQ.

Half of that leak landed. The Plantaris SQ is here. The FatCat isn't, and the SCAR took its seat, which turns the old "maybe scar" joke into an answer.

The bigger change is access. Two drops for friends of the brand turned into a public release on Oakley's own site. Oakley's press note credits Metalwood's own phrase for its approach, "Tired Technology," and Kelly Wenrick, an Oakley senior designer, framed the project around each brand's take on golf's archive. Cole Young, who started Metalwood in Los Angeles in 2020 after playing college golf, called Oakley's archive some of the best of golf's visual language.

Perforation Runs Through the Apparel

The apparel keeps the brogue idea going. The Wingtip Dad Cap comes in Pitch Black and Pebble, punched with perforation lifted from those old wingtips. The Perforated Polo is 100 percent polyester with sweat mapped perforation, so the holes sit where a golfer heats up.

There's a C1 Polo built on Oakley's best selling C1 collar, an enzyme washed Spike Ellipse T Shirt and a jacquard knit crew sock. The Icon Jacket is the outlier, a nylon and spandex shell with zip off sleeves and custom Oakley hardware, which makes it a jacket on the first tee and a vest by the turn.

This is where Metalwood's eye shows. The brand built itself on 1990s and early 2000s golf references, and it works that way here with a light hand, a punched cap, a sleeve that zips off, a pattern etched where you'd least expect it.

It's been building this for a while, out of a shop at 128 South La Brea Avenue that sells vintage clubs. Metalwood has already worked with Maxfli on golf balls, Garrett Leight on optical frames and FootJoy on shoes. It told a similar story with adidas in February, a Y2K capsule tested at Rams Hill with MC70 shoes carrying 1970s football boot stitching.

Tour Players Still Want Prizm Golf

This isn't tour equipment. Oakley's 2026 golf line runs on Prizm Golf, the lens tuned to read greens and rough, and on platforms like the Flak 2.0 XL and Split Shot. The Metalwood SCAR ships with a low light Prizm lens, and an etched pattern across your field of view isn't something a scratch golfer asks for.

That's true, and it doesn't hurt the case. Oakley already has the performance business covered, backed by the EssilorLuxottica ownership that has run it since 2007. What it can't make in house is a reason for a younger golfer to care about Oakley's golf past.

Metalwood just made one, out of a 2001 frame, a pair of early 2000s golf shoes and a laser.