A pants-shaped wearing article wherein fasteners connecting front and rear waist regions to each other can be repeatedly engaged and disengaged from each other. Non-elastic regions (51) which do not stretch and contract in a waist direction (R) are formed in opposite side edges (11) of at least either of front and rear waist regions (6, 7), or, for example, in opposite side edges (11) of the front waist region (6). Among a first fastener (12) and a second fastener (13) which are separably engaged with each other, the first fastener (12) is formed in each of the non-elastic regions (51). In the front waist region (6), film-like joining sections (91) formed by integrating sheet materials which form the side edges (11) are formed in portions on the inner side of the non-elastic regions (51) with respect to the waist direction (R).
