A shirtless, tanned Johnny Depp graces the cover of February’s GQ magazine — a decision we fully support. But then the publication, which is usually so right-on when it comes to men’s fashion, goes and names Mr. Puka Shell Necklace the most stylish man in the world.

For real? Depp is a freakishly perfect genetic specimen, but he’s usually dressed like he crawled out of a sewer. A sewer in the French Riviera, mind you, but a sewer nonetheless. The too-unbuttoned shirts, the crushed fedoras, the Lennon sunglasses and the hippie silver rings — good Gawd, GQ, open your eyes! Can’t you see he’s basically a young Mickey Rourke?

Jay Z., Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, Clint “high-waisted jeans” Eastwood, Kanye West, Pharrel, Ryan Gosling and, um, Russell Brand also made the short list of best-dressed men.

The mag calls Depp “a unicorn — a really glamorous, one-of-a-kind eccentric.” Well, at least they got the “eccentric” part right.

But never mind my paltry opinion — what do you think of this recent crowning? And who would you nominate for MOST STYLISH DUDE ON THE PLANET?