How can I create separate collection lists for men's and women's clothing?

Store Design

Topic summary

A user wants to create separate collection lists for men’s and women’s clothing categories, allowing customers to click “Men” or “Women” and see gender-specific subcategories (like T-Shirts, Hoodies) without mixing both genders together.

Proposed Solutions:

  • Create separate collections for each gender and category combination (e.g., “Women’s Shorts,” “Men’s Shorts,” “Women’s T-Shirts,” “Men’s T-Shirts”)
  • Use product tags to organize items
  • Set up dropdown menus in the navigation to organize collections under “Men’s Clothing” and “Women’s Clothing” headers

Technical Implementation:
Manual collection creation through Shopify admin (Products > Collections), then organizing these collections into dropdown menus via Navigation settings by dragging menu items to create hierarchical structures.

Ongoing Issues:
Multiple users report confusion about implementing homepage collection lists (not header navigation) and difficulty preventing the system from mixing men’s and women’s items in the same collection. The discussion remains open with unresolved questions about proper product separation and collection display on the homepage.

Summarized with AI on November 20. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I am having the same issue. You want to create two different collections, one is Men’s and the other is Women’s but the system is using the men in both woMEN and MEN and not allowing you to seperate the items in your store?? That’s what I am having issues with at least. So annoying. LOL

If anyone knows, help!