The utility model provides a shorts type wearing article (1). Two pieces (31 and 32) of an outer wrapping body (3) forming at least one of a front body part (F) and a rear body part (R) are jointed through a plurality of outer wrapping joint parts (33), wherein the outer wrapping joint parts (33) are dispersed in the longitudinal direction (X) and the width direction (Y) of the wearing article. Elastic parts (5 and 6) are arranged between the adjacent outer wrapping joint parts (33) in the longitudinal direction. At least one of side sealing parts (4) is alternatively provided with sewn edge parts (41) and non-sewn edge parts (42) in the long-side direction (X) of the side sealing parts (4), wherein the sewn edge parts (41) are formed in the mode that edge parts (3F) of the outer wrapping body of the front body part (F) and edge parts (3R) of the outer wrapping body of the rear body part are combined through welding parts (40) extending in the long-side direction of the side sealing parts, and the non-sewn edge parts (42) are formed in the mode that edge parts of the outer wrapping body of the front body part and edge parts of the outer wrapping body of the rear body part are not combined. The edge parts 3F or the edge parts 3R, which are not combined, of the non-sewn edge parts (42) are formed on the outer wrapping joint parts (33).
