Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Ellison join The Tin Man club

Both ladies have been pictured in questionable silver attire that is either an homage to The Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz or a tribute to the millions of turkeys which will soon be wrapped in foil before their spell in the oven.

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Nicole's current film may be called The Golden Compass, but she had a different precious metal on her mind when she appeared at the movie's Australian premiere dressed in silver from head to toe.

Closer to home and perhaps Jennifer Ellison had an excuse for her silver atrocity - it was her costume.

The former Brookside babe played the role of an angel last night in the BBC's 'alternative' take on the nativity story.

The Liverpool Nativity consisted of actors performing familiar Liverpudlian songs accompanied buy a live orchestra.

But some celebrities don't even need Christmas as an excuse for dressing up like a turkey. Voluptuous TV chef Nigella Lawson posed for Esquire magazine in October in a bacofoil dress.

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Stepping out onto the red carpet to promote her latest movie, Nicole Kidman was determined to stand out from the crowd.

Dressed head to toe in skin-tight silver, and resembling a 6ft length of tinfoil, she succeeded.

The 40-year-old actress sported the bizarre satin suit ensemble at the Australian premiere of The Golden Compass, the film based on the book Northern Lights, the first novel in Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials.

With her strawberry blonde hair worn loose, Miss Kidman teamed a shiny suit jacket with tapered metallic trousers and two inch black stilettos.

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"It really was the most striking choice of outfit," said an onlooker.

"Given that her movie has the word 'golden' in its title, perhaps she simply wanted to make a statement - or be sartorially ironic - by wearing silver.

"Whatever her reasoning Nicole was most definitely the talk of the red carpet and completely stole the show."

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The 40-year-old actress plays scholar and explorer Marisa Coulter in the £100million film based on Philip Pullman's book Northern Lights.

The Golden Compass, which premiered in London earlier this month, has been criticised for promoting atheism and denigrating Christianity. Miss Kidman, however, has dismissed the claims as "alarmist".

"I don't think it warrants this alarming response," she said. "I'm a Catholic and I didn't feel it was anti-religious."

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"It has to reach millions and millions of people - a far bigger demographic than the books - and I think it is still magnificent and complex enough to satisfy most people's taste.

"It still has intelligence, depth and profundity."

Hundreds of fans braved storms and incessant rain to greet the antipodean star who, in turn, dispensed with an umbrella to sign autographs and pose for photographs.

The Oscar winner, who plays the mysterious scholar and explorer Marisa Coulter in the £100 million film, stopped traffic for three hours as police closed off local roads to allow fans to gather.

The blockbuster movie, which premiered in London earlier this month, has been criticised for promoting atheism and denigrating Christianity.