Article: You glow, girl! Get ready for the new Bronze Age _ buffed, beautiful skin is summer's essential accessory.(The Dallas Morning News)

Blame it on Rio.

When model bombshell Gisele Bundchen flew home to Brazil just before the spring collections, she came back as tawny as a lion. Her golden, girl-from-Ipanema skin, mane of hair and bikini-beach curves proceeded to steal every show from Ralph Lauren to Michael Kors.

That is, until Carmen Cass, Maggie Rizer and a host of other runway beauties turned up bronzed and burnished, too.

After years of fashion pallor _ and indisputable evidence linking sun exposure to everything from wrinkles to cancer _ a tan was suddenly one of the hottest looks on the runway.

Whether all those golden glows came from beach or bottle, we ...

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