It seems that is not the case, Apparently, the snap-button style dates back to the 1940s and was invented by a man named Jack Weil, who died in 2008 at the age of 107. Weil wanted to design a ...

From a distance, these shirts look like pearl-snaps—they have yokes, breast pockets with flaps, and even those shiny snap buttons—but they’re made for being on the water.