I don't know what there is to roll eyes about ETRO, lOl.
For me, 45k is quite an amount. It's the money I spend for one year of college, and I'm also quite sure that with that money, I could....
-fly to a crocodile farm.
-pick a huge one (okay, maybe just a big one).
-get the leather, have it tanned & dyed.
-bring it to a top notch leather worker and have a huge bag with loads of accesoires done in that croc leather. Maybe even a pair of shoes (getting a pair of shoes custom made shouldn't cost so much, as the material is already provided)
SO.... under such circumstances, 45k is a lotta money.
Or think about it that way: You could buy everything that is in that gorgeous Vuitton Men Summer 07 catalogue.