IT IS AN OBJECT OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE TO PROVIDE AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE (1) HAVING HIP FLAP SECTIONS (5) WITH AN EXCELLENT FITTING PROPERTY AND EXCELLENT AIR PERMEABILITY. THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE IS AS FOLLOWS. AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A BODY SECTION (2) EXTENDING IN A LENGTHWISE DIRECTION (L) AND HIP FLAP SECTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE BODY SECTION TO OUTER SIDES IN A WIDTHWISE DIRECTION (W), EACH OF THE HIP FLAP SECTIONS COMPRISING A FIRST SHEET (12) WITH A SKIN-CONTACTING SURFACE (11) AND A SECOND SHEET (13) SITUATED FURTHER ON A CLOTHING SIDE THAN THE FIRST SHEET, WHEREIN THE FIRST SHEET IS A NONWOVEN FABRIC WITH A RECESS-PROJECTION STRUCTURE INCLUDING RECESSES (32, 34) AND PROJECTIONS (31, 33) ON THE SKIN-CONTACTING SURFACE, AND HAVING A WORK OF COMPRESSION OF 0.3 GF CM/CM² OR GREATER AS MEASURED FROM A SIDE OF THE SKIN CONTACT SURFACE, AND THE SECOND SHEET HAS A WORK OF COMPRESSION THAT IS LARGER THAN A WORK OF COMPRESSION OF THE FIRST SHEET. FIG. 1
