Andy DevaneyGalvin Green’s THE LAB apparel has returned for a second instalment, and the Swedish performance specialist has decided subtlety can sit this one out.
Storm Blue leads the palette, Navy and White do the supporting work, and the familiar technical brief remains intact: clothing for golfers who regard foul weather as an inconvenience rather than a cancellation notice.
THE LAB first appeared in March 2026 as a four-piece experiment in more directional golf clothing, with the ALONZO rain jacket and LEANDRO wind jacket at its centre.
That original release established the formula: serious fabric technology, cleaner athletic shapes and enough visual edge to separate the range from the more conservative end of the pro-shop rail. The second drop does not abandon that idea. It turns the saturation up.
Storm Blue gives THE LAB a clearer identity
Colour is doing more than decorative labour here. The new Storm Blue, Navy and White combinations give the collection a recognisable visual language, helped by angular contrasts, graphic sleeve work and a cross motif placed across selected pieces.
There is always a risk with “technical” golf clothing that the wearer ends up resembling a telecommunications engineer who has wandered onto the first tee. THE LAB largely avoids that trap. The shapes are modern without becoming costume, and the colour blocking gives the pieces a point of view without requiring fluorescent assistance.
Global Brand Director Sofia Ask Klason puts the intention simply. “THE LAB gives us the freedom to explore ideas that challenge traditional thinking around golf apparel, and this second instalment is a great example of that approach,” said Global Brand Director Sofia Ask Klason.
“We wanted to push the collection further visually while ensuring that performance remains at its core. The bold Storm Blue, Navy and White colour palette gives the garments a distinctive look, while the combination of advanced fabrics, contemporary construction and technical detailing helps to deliver impeccable performance whatever the conditions,” she added.
ALONZO remains the serious rain option
The ALONZO is still the heavyweight technical proposition, although the garment itself is built around stretch rather than bulk. It uses three-layer Pertex Shield Stretch fabric with a microporous membrane, which Galvin Green positions as its stretchiest waterproof construction.
Galvin Green’s own technical information describes Pertex Shield Stretch as waterproof, windproof and highly breathable, with a smooth inner backer intended to reduce friction against the layers underneath. The existing ALONZO specification likewise includes stretch fabric, water-repellent zips and construction shaped around movement.
For this second instalment, ALONZO arrives in Storm Blue, Navy and White, with water-repellent zips at the front and pockets, plus a drawstring collar. The cross print running over the sleeves is the visual giveaway that this is THE LAB rather than a standard rain shell.
The more relevant detail for golfers is mobility. A rain jacket can boast heroic waterproof credentials and still become an expensive argument with your backswing. Extra stretch, shaped construction and reduced friction between layers are the details that matter after three holes in persistent rain.
LEANDRO chases breathability without a membrane
LEANDRO takes the less severe-weather route. Its INTERFACE-1 fabric is woven tightly enough to offer wind protection without relying on a membrane, a construction intended to improve breathability while retaining resistance to wind and light showers.
That distinction matters. Not every unpleasant golf day requires full waterproof armour. On breezy, changeable afternoons, a membrane-free outer layer can make more sense for players who run warm or dislike the clammy sensation that can develop inside heavier shells.
A rear air vent adds another route for heat to escape, while the Storm Blue and Navy colourway and sleeve cross print keep it visually tied to ALONZO.
The concept is not simply decorative tinkering. LEANDRO was already built around tightly constructed INTERFACE-1 fabric, light-shower protection and rear ventilation in the first THE LAB collection, so the second version develops an established technical idea rather than attaching a new name to an ordinary wind jacket.
DAFFY and MARSHALL broaden the experiment
The new DAFFY half-zip is where THE LAB starts behaving like a collection rather than a pair of jackets. Made from soft, stretchy INSULA fabric, it is designed to add warmth without the heft of a traditional sweater.
A stand-up collar, V-shaped cut lines and graphic sleeve detailing carry the same design language into a layer golfers may wear for far more of the round.
Then there is MARSHALL, a technical polo offered in Storm Blue/Navy/White and White/Navy/Storm Blue. It uses VENTIL8 fabric, with a button placket, contrast neck piping and side panels creating a sharper athletic profile.
Neither piece is revolutionary in isolation. That is not really the point. Their job is to stop THE LAB looking like an outerwear capsule with two supporting extras and instead make the aesthetic usable from first layer to last.
That also represents a subtle change from the original collection. The first THE LAB quartet paired ALONZO and LEANDRO with the DASH mid-layer and MARCO polo; the new DAFFY and MARSHALL pieces give the second instalment its own identity rather than simply repainting all four originals.
Galvin Green is making technical golfwear look less apologetic
The more interesting story is not a fabric name or another shade of blue. It is Galvin Green becoming visibly less conservative with a category it already knows extremely well.
Technical golf apparel has spent years solving the practical problems — rain, wind, heat, layering, unrestricted movement — while often treating design as something to be handled cautiously. THE LAB suggests Galvin Green sees room to be more expressive without surrendering the engineering that built its reputation.
There is no independent wear test here, so claims about comfort and all-condition performance still deserve the usual on-course scrutiny. On paper, though, the second instalment is coherent: full waterproof protection at one end, breathable wind resistance at the other, with a mid-layer and polo filling the space between.
Golfers cannot control the forecast. They can, apparently, choose to meet it dressed like they knew it was coming.
