A wearable article(20) comprises a main body (38) and a ring-like elastic belt (40) comprising a front belt (84) and a back belt (86).The entirety of the length of the belt side edge (89) of the front belt (84 ) is seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge (89) of the back belt (86) to define a seam length LS. The front and back belts (84, 86 ) are each divided into 4 zones extending in the transverse direction and defined by their location from the waist opening to the proximal edge relative to the percentage of the seam length LS wherein； 0-25% is the waist zone (102), 25-50% is the distal tummy zone (104), 50-85% is the proximal tummy zone (106), and 85-100% is the leg zone (108)wherein the tensile stress of the front proximal tummy zone (106) is higher than the tensile stress of any other zone, and no less than 200% of the tensile stress of the front distal tummy zone (104).
