An absorbent garment comprising first and second waist regions and a crotch region lying longitudinally therebetween is disclosed. The garment has a body-facing surface for facing a wearer and a garment-facing surface for facing away from the wearer. The second waist region extends transversely beyond the crotch region to form terminal portions. Each terminal portion of the second waist region is folded on at least two longitudinally-extending fold lines towards one of the body-facing and garment-facing surfaces of the garment, an outermost adjacent pair of the fold lines dividing the terminal portions into proximal, middle and distal sections, the distal section lying between the proximal and middle sections. At least one closure member for fastening to the first waist region is attached to the distal section of each terminal portion.
