Ah, the iPad sleeve. It has transformed from mere postscript to The Biggest Apple Story of 2010 The Second Biggest Apple Story of 2010 into a cultural phenomenon in its own right -- an accessory on par with last year's gladiator sandals or 2008's babies. Disturbingly, many of the covers eschew the design brilliance of the iPad itself. So here, we present the worst of the worst, plus one that's so bad, we kind of love it.

Nothing brings out your wild side like zebra neoprene. And it's reversible! From More-Thing Company

This is a hemp sleeve from ColcaSac with a polyester fleece lining. Scratchy.

Ipadcoversblog.com (yes, there's a blog about iPad covers) raves that the folks of Tuff-Luv have "outdone themselves" with the "world’s first ever iPad case for vegetarians." (Their italics, not ours.) The world's first ever iPad case for vegetarians is, of course, pleather. Can an iPad even breathe in that thing?

On the flip side, here's some serious leather from Louis Vuitton. It's $366. Must be made from the cows of God.

Hip Handmaids boasts that its iMaxi sleeve has a vinyl outer layer and quilted-cotton lining that'll help "keep your iPad clean and dry." The wings wrap around the device so "your iPad always stays where it should." Plus, it'll protects you "from all those unsightly and embarrassing data leaks that would make any motherboard worry!" Cute. But also kinda gross.

OK, technically not a sleeve, but wow. Just wow. This rhinestone-encrusted iPad with a pink, fluttery "M" in its midst belongs to the princess of pink herself Mariah Carey. (That's Jermaine Dupri holding it.) We love this. She could blind someone just by reading on the subway. If she took the subway.