A garment (10) such as a diaper, training pant, pull-up diaper, adult incontinencepant and diaper holder. The garment includes a chassis (14) for receiving theabsorbent structure. The chassis includes a first lateral margin (20) and a secondlateral margin (22). The first and second lateral margins are joined to a centralstructure (24) along a first line of joinder (26) and a second line of joinder (28),respectively, the first and second lines of joinder extending substantiallyparallel to the longitudinal axis. The first and second lateral margins havea first end region (44), a second end region (46) and a central region (48). Thefirst and second lateral margins (20, 22) comprise a material (50) which is elasticallyextensible in at least the longitudinal direction in the central region (48)and elastically extensible in at least one of the first and second end regions(44, 46) in at least the transverse direction. A method of manufacturing a garmentis also disclosed.
