It’s time for a new laptop bag.  My current laptop bag is a messenger bag that was a gift from my wonderful husband.  It’s starting to wear out.  I’ve been looking at laptop bags, and I haven’t found what I’m looking for.  So I turn to you, dear reader, in the hopes that you can help me out with laptop bag recommendations.  My requirements are as follows:

1. CANNOT USE VELCRO IN ANY WAY.  This is a strict requirement.  I want to be able to sneak into a conference room and not have the rrrrrrrrrrip of the velcro give away that I’m a few minutes late.  I hate velcro with a burning passion.
2. The main compartment should close fully, probably via zipper.  My laptop bag will get stuffed under airplane seats and otherwise treated poorly, and I want to minimize the risk of something falling out.
3. Must be able to hold a 15-inch MacBook Pro.
4. Additional pockets are nice.  My laptop bag is home to a MBP power adapter and a small bag of miscellaneous cables and adapters.  I also always carry a couple of pens, a small notebook, a granola bar or two, and a deck of cards.
5. When I’m on a business trip, my laptop bag is also usually my purse, so having a place to fit my wallet, keys, phone, and sunglasses is useful.  So is an easy-to-access external pocket to slide a boarding pass in.
6. Minimal branding.  I don’t wear clothing with visible brands¹, and I don’t want my laptop bag to have a lot of branding on it either.
7. Colors.  There are enough boring black laptop bag in the world, mine shouldn’t be one of them.  A laptop bag should have personality.

So: what ideas do you have, dear readers?  I’m open to either a messenger bag (although that first item removes many of them from consideration) or a backpack, or something else if it looks good.