An adult absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the adult absorbent article comprising: a front waist region and a front waist edge; a back waist region and a back waist edge; an intermediate portion of the adult absorbent article extending longitudinally between the front waist region and the back waist region, configured as a crotch region; a front belt disposed in the front waist region; a back belt disposed in the back waist region; wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams (280a, 280b) to form a waist opening and leg openings; wherein the front belt comprises a first film; wherein the back belt comprises a second film; a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings; wherein the article comprises a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette less than 0.98; and wherein the article comprises at least one of the following: (a) Relaxed Product Side Length less than 202 mm; and (b) Relaxed Product Hip Width less than 373 mm wherein Relaxed Product Length means the longitudinal distance between the longitudinally distal most point in the crotch region and the longitudinally distal most point along the front waist edge of the article, wherein the longitudinal distance is measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the article; wherein Relaxed Product Hip Width means the lateral distance from the laterally distal most point of the left side edge of the article at the upper edge of the left leg opening to the laterally distal most point of the right side edge of the article at the upper edge of the right leg opening, wherein the lateral distance is measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the article; wherein Relaxed Product Waist Width means the lateral distance from the distal most point at the right side of the front waist edge to the distal most point at the left side of the front waist edge, wherein the lateral distance is measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the article; wherein Relaxed Product Side Length means the linear distance from the point of intersection between the waist edge and the side edge of the article to the point of intersection between the top of the leg opening and the same side edge of the article, wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length measurement is the average of the measurements from the left and right sides of the article; wherein Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette means the Relaxed Product Length divided by the Relaxed Product Waist Width; and wherein all dimensions are with respect to the article in its laid out, relaxed and unfolded state. a front waist region and a front waist edge; a back waist region and a back waist edge; an intermediate portion of the adult absorbent article extending longitudinally between the front waist region and the back waist region, configured as a crotch region; a front belt disposed in the front waist region; a back belt disposed in the back waist region; wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams (280a, 280b) to form a waist opening and leg openings; wherein the front belt comprises a first film; wherein the back belt comprises a second film; a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings; wherein the article comprises a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette less than 0.98; and wherein the article comprises at least one of the following: (a) Relaxed Product Side Length less than 202 mm; and (b) Relaxed Product Hip Width less than 373 mm (a) Relaxed Product Side Length less than 202 mm; and (b) Relaxed Product Hip Width less than 373 mm wherein Relaxed Product Hip Width means the lateral distance from the laterally distal most point of the left side edge of the article at the upper edge of the left leg opening to the laterally distal most point of the right side edge of the article at the upper edge of the right leg opening, wherein the lateral distance is measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the article; wherein Relaxed Product Waist Width means the lateral distance from the distal most point at the right side of the front waist edge to the distal most point at the left side of the front waist edge, wherein the lateral distance is measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the article; wherein Relaxed Product Side Length means the linear distance from the point of intersection between the waist edge and the side edge of the article to the point of intersection between the top of the leg opening and the same side edge of the article, wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length measurement is the average of the measurements from the left and right sides of the article; wherein Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette means the Relaxed Product Length divided by the Relaxed Product Waist Width; and wherein all dimensions are with respect to the article in its laid out, relaxed and unfolded state.