Rapid release device for wearable articles comprising: - a first body having a portion for coupling to a first part of said article; - a second body associated with the first body in a reversible manner and having a portion for coupling to a second part of said article; each body (3, 4) comprising a cavity and an interlocking element respectively arranged on the opposite sides with respect to the lateral development direction of the body (3, 4) itself; each interlocking element of a respective body (3, 4) being insertable in the cavity of the other body (3, 4); - release means obtained in said first and second body (3, 4) to allow the interlocking elements to slide outside of said cavities and define a condition of complete disengagement of the first body from the second body; said release means are switchable between a coupling condition of the bodies (3, 4) wherein the respective interlocking elements are housed in the respective cavities, and the decoupling condition wherein the elements and the cavities can slide with respect to each other along a respective direction corresponding to the lateral development direction of the first and second body (3, 4) and along a section corresponding to a dimension of each interlocking element; wherein said bodies (3, 4) in the condition of complete disengagement can be offset with respect to a transverse development axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; said release means comprising: - an elastically deformable actuator extending from said first body and having a connecting portion defining a respective abutment surface; - a gauge portion extending from said second body and defining a respective abutment surface; - said actuator being movable between a first condition corresponding to the coupling condition wherein the respective abutment surfaces (16a, 17a) are mutually associated, and a second condition corresponding to the decoupling condition wherein the abutment surface of the connecting portion is removed from the abutment surface of the gauge portion; said interlocking element and said cavity extending along a same longitudinal axis for the dimension smaller than the dimension of the first and second body (3, 4) along said lateral development direction. - a first body having a portion for coupling to a first part of said article; - a second body associated with the first body in a reversible manner and having a portion for coupling to a second part of said article; each body (3, 4) comprising a cavity and an interlocking element respectively arranged on the opposite sides with respect to the lateral development direction of the body (3, 4) itself; each interlocking element of a respective body (3, 4) being insertable in the cavity of the other body (3, 4); - release means obtained in said first and second body (3, 4) to allow the interlocking elements to slide outside of said cavities and define a condition of complete disengagement of the first body from the second body; said release means are switchable between a coupling condition of the bodies (3, 4) wherein the respective interlocking elements are housed in the respective cavities, and the decoupling condition wherein the elements and the cavities can slide with respect to each other along a respective direction corresponding to the lateral development direction of the first and second body (3, 4) and along a section corresponding to a dimension of each interlocking element; wherein said bodies (3, 4) in the condition of complete disengagement can be offset with respect to a transverse development axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; - an elastically deformable actuator extending from said first body and having a connecting portion defining a respective abutment surface; - a gauge portion extending from said second body and defining a respective abutment surface; - said actuator being movable between a first condition corresponding to the coupling condition wherein the respective abutment surfaces (16a, 17a) are mutually associated, and a second condition corresponding to the decoupling condition wherein the abutment surface of the connecting portion is removed from the abutment surface of the gauge portion;