A sanitary article comprises a longitudinal main body definingopposite longitudinal ends and opposite lateral sides and comprising an upperpart,a lower part and an absorbent core therebetween attached together at a commoncentral portion of the longitudinal main body. The upper part and the lowerpart areseparated from each other at the lateral sides of longitudinal main body todefineseparate lateral upper part and lower part portions at each of the lateralsides. Theupper part comprises a liquid pervious body contacting surface. The lower partcomprising a garment contacting surface.
