Adding shirts and jackets to the store

[john booth]

i have a customer who wants to add shirts and jackets to their store. For each size/gender, i have a quantity that has to be deducted from inventory.

My original thought would be to create a product for each option.  For example, the jackets would have 12 products. 2 for each gender x 6 for each size.is there a way to create a single product that has selectors to pick gender, size, and quantity.  And have it deduct from the appropriate inventory?

[couch]

Unfortunately, you're right. For inventory to work, you need a product per item/size/color/style which really multiplies the workload. And, then product selection for the customer is not friendly, you don't pick an item (jacket) and then select properties (color/size/etc)

I have seen some customers do some trick things to make it work better for fashon items, but they are customizations that are not provided by XMPie.