A pull-on wearing article having a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, a non-skin facing surface, a skin facing surface opposed to the non-skin facing surface, and including a first waist region that is one of rear and front waist regions (13, 14), a second waist region that is a remainder of the rear and front waist regions, and a crotch region between the first and second waist regions, wherein lateral edge portions (13c, 13d, 14c, 14d) of the first and second waist regions are joined with each other, a tape fastener is mounted on the non-skin facing surface in a lateral region of the first waist region, wherein at least the first waist region of the first and second waist regions is elastically stretchable in the lateral direction, and wherein the tape fastener includes a fixed section fixed on the lateral region of the first waist region, and a free section, which includes a fastening section for releasably fastening to the non-skin facing surface in the second waist region, characterised in that: the free section includes a holding section extending from the fastening section and a holding end extending in the lateral direction, wherein the holding end is releasably fixed on the non-skin facing surface in the lateral region of the first waist region, wherein the free section is temporarily tacked to the fixed section in a folded state and includes first and second free sections (61, 62), the first free section is configured to be contiguously disposed with the fixed section and opposed to the fixed section in a thickness direction of the tape fastener, and the second free section is configured to be contiguously disposed with the first free section and opposed to the first free section in the thickness direction, wherein the fixed section and the first and second free sections are temporarily tacked by a pair of tack portions (65, 66) configured to be spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction and configured to penetrate the fixed section and the first and second free sections, and the fastening section is positioned on an inner surface of the second free section positioned between the pair of tack portions, wherein one of the tack portions is positioned on an outer side in the lateral direction with respect to the fastening section, and the hold portion is positioned between that tack portion and the holding end, and wherein a region of the first waist region between the fastening section and the holding end contracts, whereby the holding section assumes a convexly curved shape. the free section includes a holding section extending from the fastening section and a holding end extending in the lateral direction, wherein the holding end is releasably fixed on the non-skin facing surface in the lateral region of the first waist region, wherein the free section is temporarily tacked to the fixed section in a folded state and includes first and second free sections (61, 62), the first free section is configured to be contiguously disposed with the fixed section and opposed to the fixed section in a thickness direction of the tape fastener, and the second free section is configured to be contiguously disposed with the first free section and opposed to the first free section in the thickness direction, wherein the fixed section and the first and second free sections are temporarily tacked by a pair of tack portions (65, 66) configured to be spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction and configured to penetrate the fixed section and the first and second free sections, and the fastening section is positioned on an inner surface of the second free section positioned between the pair of tack portions, wherein the fixed section and the first and second free sections are temporarily tacked by a pair of tack portions (65, 66) configured to be spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction and configured to penetrate the fixed section and the first and second free sections, and the fastening section is positioned on an inner surface of the second free section positioned between the pair of tack portions, wherein one of the tack portions is positioned on an outer side in the lateral direction with respect to the fastening section, and the hold portion is positioned between that tack portion and the holding end, and wherein a region of the first waist region between the fastening section and the holding end contracts, whereby the holding section assumes a convexly curved shape.