Multiple attributes – selecting one disables another

Hello everybody,

I have a major problem and I hope someone have a solution for me.

I am building a webstore with a lot of products. And I mean a lot. The store will be for a print on demand business which offer the same design on multiple products. Basically I need to make a separate product for t-shirts, tank tops, long sleeves, sweatshirts and hoodies even though the design will be the same.

The reason I need to make multiple products for the same design is because different products are available in different colors. For instance T-shirts are available in 15 different colors, while tank tops are available in only 4 (and so on).

I can add an attribute “Select Apparel” with these options: T-shirt – unisex, T-shirt – ladies, Tank top – unisex, Tank top – ladies and so on…

Other needed attributes are “Colour”, “Size” and “Print Size”.

If I create all these attributes it will be almost impossible to create all the needed variations so the product page will display all the possible colour options for t-shirts while the unavailable colours for other apparel will be grayed out when those apparel options are selected.

Is there an option to add different colour attributes for specific apparel option in the same product (attribute one: T-shirt colour; attribute 2: Tank top colour; etc.) and display only the attribute for the selected apparel?

To clarify. The first attribute at the product page will be “Select apparel”. When you select “T-shirt”, the next attribute would be “T-shirt colour”. If you select “Tank top”, the “t-shirt colour” would not show but the “Tank top colour” would.

I hope I didn’t complicate too much and you know what I mean. I also hope I’m not too optimistic and something like this is possible.

Thank you for your help.