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You can patent utliity (a new kind of spandex, zipper, or the specific floral pattern) but not design (cut, shape, size, color, function). It's how Macy's sells knockoffs one week after the Met gala. Unless Kirkland is using identical fabric in the same way, this will be tossed.

People buy Lululemon to tell everyone they just got a new piece by Lululemon and to go: ohmahgawd its like soooo sooooft like I can’t wait to go to gym to like rejoice in my self optimisation mania.

I thought that was Costco's business model. People buy expensive stuff because they want people to know they bought expensive stuff. As long as it doesn't have their name on it, all good.