The second season of "Gossip Girl" opened tonight at 8 P.M. on Channels 31 and 44. The gang of rich teenagers is preparing to go back to school after a summer full of gossip secrets and lies that wait to de revealed.

However, the show has become known for its fashion rather than for its script. The protagonists are real trendsetters among teenagers across the U.S.A. The show's costume designer, Eric Daman, agrees that his work influences retail but the thing is that he takes his inspiration from art and film. So there’s a somewhat strange connection between the two.

This second season begins with the end of the summer vacation in the East Hamptons, where Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and her stepbrother, Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) hang out. Serena and Nate (Chace Crawford) at the same time have everyone fooled into thinking they are a couple to cover up the fact that Nate has been hooking up with a married older woman. Throughout the summer Serena also tried to get over her break-up with Dan (Penn Badgley).

Blair (Leighton Meester) returns from abroad with a brand new boyfriend (Patrick Heusinger) which makes Chuck so very mad, of course.

Dan spent his summer away from Serena assisting a famous author (guest star McInerney), but decides to return to the Hamptons to set things straight between them.

Thus "Summer, Kind of Wonderful", the first episode, kicks off with a lot of romance and passion that boiled up during the whole summer.