俄前女间谍发布个人时装品牌 女包灵感来自名著

The 31 year old redhead launched her line of "casual clothes" at a show in the Turkish resort of Antalya.

Moscow's most glamorous secret agent hired talented young designers from Russian fashion colleges, said a spokesman for her main employer.

She wanted to produce clothes "you could wear anywhere, from a big city to a backwater village", it was reported.

"Reporters and fashion magazines' buyers from all over the world will have a chance to see the first women's clothing collection by Anna Chapman," said the spokesman.

Her fashion range includes women's handbags resembling books by famous radically-minded Russian writers, it is understood.

One is a mock-up of the book 'Who is to Blame?' by Alexander Herzen, a 19th century writer and thinker known as the father of Russian socialism.

The brand will be called Anna Chapman - the surname she took when she wed British former public schoolboy Alex Chapman who she met on a trip to London.

The daughter of an alleged KGB officer, the flame haired agent was busted by New York police in 2010 on accusations of being part of a network of sleeper agents.

She was deported in a Cold War-style spy swap along with nine others, and was then greeted by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin who took part in a patriotic sing-song with her.

Since her return to Russia, Chapman has dabbled in politics, taken part in risque photoshoots for men's magazines, and hosts a TV show about the mysteries of the world.

Her interest in a clothes brand "all began three years and three months ago when Anna returned to Motherland after jail in a prison shirt," said a statement.

"She disliked these alien clothes and Anna went on to search for a Russian dress that would please her soul. She kept looking for it but did not find."

She was previously reported to be interested in designing new uniforms for Russian cosmonauts, though the project failed to materialise.