Provided is a clothing article with which the visibility of a decorative element can be increased while being able to keep the wearer's skin from showing through and being able to maintain flexibility and texture. The clothing article (10) has front and back waist areas (13, 14) and a crotch area (15). The first waist area (13), which is one of the front and back waist areas, comprises an outer layer sheet (23) located on the non-skin-facing surface, an inner layer sheet (21) located inside of the outer layer sheet, and a middle sheet (51) that is disposed between the inner and outer layer sheets and has a decorative element (53) that is visible from outside of the outer layer sheet. The outer layer sheet is a nonwoven fabric obtained from crimped composite fiber. The whiteness of the inner layer sheet is higher than the whiteness of the outer layer sheet.
