Next Thursday, May 15th Miami Beach’s Raleigh Hotel welcomes the debut of Chanel Cruise Collection 2009.

You can see a clip from last year’s debut in Santa Monica, CA here.

“The concept of the Cruise Collection is based on traveling, and Miami is the ideal destination: A city that moves and has energy, with its small districts and its animated streets.” comments Karl Lagerfeld.

Below is the first of five Chanel Cruise Collection podcasts created to convey the energy of the 2008-2009 collection.