Between the fugly, unwearable, poorly made clothing women’s apparel retailers are selling and the minimum wage increases, they’re pretty much screwed. They can’t do much about labor costs, but clothiers could try making clothes I’d be willing to buy
Those clothes still exist - just stay away from big stores and shop at independent retailers with knowledgeable owners and staff (there are also a lot of small stores that have no idea what they are doing, so beware...) Look for the Made in Canada or Made in Turkey labels - the USA doesn't really know how to make quality clothes any more and the Made in USA label usually means made in a garage sweatshop in Los Angeles by illegal aliens.
Big stores can only afford big mall rents by sourcing the cheapest stuff they can find and marking it up about 10x cost.