Gossip Girl: Age of Dissonance

Ok, I can sum up the origin of the outfits in this episode in one word:  Marchesa.

Marchesa.


Marchesa.
Oh, and Nanette Lepore.

I can also sum up the plot in one word: 

Wait, no I can't.

Let's just be happy that this foray into Edith Wharton is a passing phase, although guessing by the other allusions (Lily and Bart together?) I feel the writers fancy themselves New York literary buffs.  

If they start swiping plot lines from Bright Lights Big City, I'm out of here.