Sentence examples for reference in the show from inspiring English sources

(Surely, a reference in the show notes to "Prince of Whales" check was a typo).

There is no reference in the show to Mr. Yamamoto's Japanese peers.

There was even a specific reference in the show notes to "high sewing" – the literal translation of "haute couture", the elite band of the finest made-to-measure clothes in the world, a club of which Dior, but not Vuitton, is part, and which a move would enable Jacobs to join.

The first few models to hit the catwalk sported helmets, which seemed to nod to classic images of the model Jean Shrimpton as photographed by David Bailey or Audrey Hepburn in the 1967 film Two For The Road, which was a reference in the show notes.

"The Swing by Fragonard is probably the most recognizable reference in the show, followed perhaps by the dress in my painting Bloom, which was inspired by Boucher's Madame de Pompadour.

"Minimalist shapes" were the first two words referenced in the show notes, emphasising this as a key new season message.

And it wasn't hard to spot the references in the show -- a white suit, for instance, that Mr. Saint Laurent was once photographed in with Ms. Catroux.

As for the influence of black style on the Ivy League-educated Beats – leading to the birth of the "white negro", to use Norman Mailer's expression – there are references in the show to the San Francisco poet Bob Kaufman and to LeRoi Jones.

Skirts rode on the hips, and the models, their fingers loaded with silver rings (one of many self-references in the show), walked with their thumbs hooked in their pockets.

Fast forward to the present day, I'm currently reading Simon Singh's latest book The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, an entertaining and sometimes disconcerting book that details how the writers of The Simpsons have actually included countless high-brow maths references in the show, on account of how many of the main writing staff have advanced maths degrees.

Q: A hero of mine, Rachel Carson, gets referenced in the show.