# What Kind of Clothing is a "Snap"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 9, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-clothing-is-a-snap/395267 "2007-03-09T16:39:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bang\_This](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@Bang\_This](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bang_This)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-clothing-is-a-snap/395267/1 "2007-03-09T16:39:26Z")

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I found a copy of an old Mari Wilson song on YouTube called “Just what I’ve always wanted,” and there is a line in there where she says,

‘A tune from Tenney, an Ashworth snap  
These are the landmarks on my map’

I looked up ashworth and it appears to be a line of clothes, so what kind of clothing is a “snap”

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**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-clothing-is-a-snap/395267/2 "2007-03-09T16:47:31Z")

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I believe the song is referring to a photograph (“snap”) by a photographer named Ashworth, not an item of clothing.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-clothing-is-a-snap/395267/3 "2007-03-09T18:52:17Z")

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I’m not familiar with the song, but a snap-brim fedora is sometimes called a snap.

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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-clothing-is-a-snap/395267/4 "2007-03-10T08:42:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Bang This]  
I found a copy of an old Mari Wilson song on YouTube called “Just what I’ve always wanted,” and there is a line in there where she says,

‘A tune from Tenney, an Ashworth snap  
These are the landmarks on my map’

I looked up ashworth and it appears to be a line of clothes, so what kind of clothing is a “snap”  
[/QUOTE]  
I think romansperson is right, and she’s referring to a photograph.

I love this song! We bought the LP (yep, vinyl) when it first came out, and I think I played her killer version of “Cry Me A River” on my very first radio show. No one can wear a beehive like Mari! (but she looks very cool without it too)

Here’s the video to “Just What I’ve Always Wanted”:  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8EeF8faGg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8EeF8faGg)

Here’s a Top Of The Pops performance of the song:  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWFPqGLbVa0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWFPqGLbVa0)

A strange-looking (aspect ratio-wise) but still listenable video to “Cry Me A River”:  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfxKyDznQU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfxKyDznQU)

What looks to be a fan video photo montage to “Baby It’s True”:  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNfaDiKv9o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNfaDiKv9o)

Mari’s MySpace page:  
[http://www.myspace.com/mariwilson](http://www.myspace.com/mariwilson) (though at the moment I can’t get this to work)