As a high-profile fan of Versace, Cavalli, and Dolce and Gabbana, Victoria Beckham has shown her taste for Italian style.

Now it seems she is extending her patronage to Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael.

Victoria and David turn up at Japanese restaurant Nobu in Malibu last night

The Spice Girl stepped out in Los Angeles at the weekend in a satin frock which might have taken its inspiration from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The lurid green was a similar shade to the skin of the cartoon heroes - named after the four Italian masters and famous for the phrase "cowabunga, dudes" - while its segmented design offered a nod to their armoured shells.

One onlooker said: "Victoria's dress was obviously couture and massively expensive. It was exceedingly well cut and fitted her like a glove.