Provided is an underpants-type article of clothing that satisfies all of the following: enabling urination and defecation in a worn state reducing the burden on a caregiver when worn and preventing fouling from urination or defecation. The underpants-type article of clothing includes: a front-side fabric (12) that covers the ventral area a continuous rear-side fabric (14) that covers from the dorsal area to the crotch area a first joining means (16) that joins, in an attachable/detachable manner, a joining section formed at one end of the front-side fabric (12) in the left-right direction and a joining section formed at one end of a dorsal section of the rear-side fabric (14) in the left-right direction a second joining means (18) that joins, in an attachable/detachable manner, a joining section formed at the other end of the front-side fabric (12) in the left-right direction and a joining section formed at the other end of the dorsal section (14A) of the rear-side fabric in the left-right direction and a third joining means (20) that joins, in an attachable/detachable manner, a joining section formed at the lower end of the front-side fabric (12) and a joining section formed at the lower end of a crotch section (14B) of the rear-side fabric (14).La présente invention décrit un article vestimentaire type sous-vêtement qui satisfait lensemble de ce qui suit : permettre la miction et la défécation lorsquil est porté réduire la charge sur un personnel soignant lorsquil est porté et empêcher les salissures provenant de la miction ou de la défécation. Larticle vestimentaire type sous-vêtement comprend : un textile côté avant (12) qui recouvre la zone ventrale un textile côté arrière continu (14) qui recouvre de la zone dorsale jusquà la zone dentrejambes un premier moyen de jonction (16) qui joint, dune manière fixée/amovible, une section de jonction formée à une extrémité du textile côté avant (12) dans le sens de la gauche vers la droite et une section de jonction