Maybe Lululemon could make their clothing in the U.S.A. Wouldn’t that be cool.
One of the reasons Japan builds cars in the US is because they no longer have the surplus of local labor who are of the right age to work in auto assembly. So, they moved the assembly to the US to avoid currency conversion problems, tariffs, and anger from the US government. The profits go home to Japan, get taxed and help to cushion the shock of declining demographics. It’s a clear win/win.
Vietnam, on the other hand, has a surplus of labor. They need to keep that labor productively employed or suffer social unrest. The best bet from their perspective is to simply charge more. Oddly, the more expensive and useless the purchase, the more they’ll sell in our ridiculous luxury market. You can’t get much more ridiculous than leggings. They’ll do well.