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   chiffon printing Model walks the runway at the Badgley Mischka Cruise 2009collection show in New York on Tuesday, June 10, 2008.[Agencies] Sometimes Cruise, or Resort, collections have little to do withwarm weather vacations in exotic locals during the cold wintermonths following the purchase of one's fall wardrobe it's simply aretail signifier that new merchandise will be hitting the floorpre-spring. But Badgley Mischka's Cruise 2009 collection, which designers MarkBadgley and James Mischka presented on Tuesday afternoon, June 10,during an intimate runway show in their New York office, epitomizedglamour on the high seas, particularly the kind that might be foundsunbathing on a yacht in a Riviera harbor circa 1955. Grace Kelly and her mid-fifties films "Mogambo" and "To Catch aThief" inspired the collection, said Badgley, but a disco-era Grace- Jones, that is, would be another apt comparison, with all thecriss-cross chiffon halter neck and lamé gowns making up the bulkof the duo's signature pieces. The collection's daywear sectionopened with a series of tropical prints in lush colors like jade,grape and mango adorning a cowl neck chiffon dress, a bikini and araincoat. Smart, tailored safari jackets followed, along with acouple of leopard print pieces. Eveningwear, Badgley Mischka's mainstay, was less focused, withlooks ranging from bohemian caftan-like dresses to empire-waistedchiffon gowns in citrusy colors on the warm end of the color wheelto the aforementioned disco dolly numbers, but when you're dressingstars for the red carpet, variety isn't a bad thing.