Ditch the boring black bag.
Where Janine King gets her gorgeous fabric selections, I'd like to know. But since I can barely sew, anyway, I'm content to purchase these fabrics in the form of an object. I've got one of King's laptop cases (in the fabric pictured above), and it's as functional as it is attractive. This is perfect for my sense of individuality when I go places with my laptop, which is, like, never. It does look nice propped up against my wall over here, though. It also matches my wenge brown Vaio, and that's what's important (you hear me, Sony?).