Women of Korea: do your feet hurt?

Have you ever wondered where the combination of denim shorts and high heels went to die? Or what happened to the, I bring a whole new meaning to the term "slick", men's shiny suit? They came to Korea.  And they took over.  Below is a picture of one of these suave suits...i'm sure you can imagine the shorts and heels combination.  





I do not understand the way people dress here. Is there a party that all of Seoul is going to except for me? Is there a rule that you must wear your Sunday best every day of the week? Korean women: do you own full length jeans? Korean men: do stores not sell long sleeve button down shirts? Or do you just choose to ignore them and head straight for the short sleeve ones? Was there some sort of study saying that wearing high heels, while walking miles a day, is good for your feet?  Overall, what the hell are you wearing?! It's 90 degrees with 80% humidity one minute and it's pouring rain, creating rivers in the street the next.  One would think being functional would trump being fashionable (very loose use of the word fashionable here) but i guess not.  I'd really love for someone to enlighten me as to why it's necessary to wear 4 inch stilettos to the grocery store...or why men favor these oh so shiny suits.  I fully intend on finding this out. To be continued...