A wearing article having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, comprising: a chassis comprising a side facing the wearer's body, a side facing the wearer's garment, a first waist region corresponding to one of front and rear waist regions , a second waist region corresponding to the other of the front and rear waist regions and a crotch region extending between the first and second waist regions; a liquid-absorbent structure lying on the side of the chassis facing the wearer's body and extending across the crotch region into the first and second waist regions; and first and second cover sheets adapted to cover a first end of the liquid-absorbent structure and lying in the first waist region and a second end of the liquid-absorbent structure lying in the second waist region, wherein: the first and second cover sheets include first and second bonded regions adapted to be bonded to the first and second rear ends of the liquid-absorbent structure and the chassis in the area of the area adjacent to the liquid-absorbent structure and first and second non-bonded regions adjacent to an inner or outer side of the first and second bonded regions as viewed in the longitudinal direction wherein the first non-bonded regions are formed with a fold line extending in the transverse direction and folded back along the fold line toward the side facing the wearer's body to form a turnback , characterized in that the first and second waist regions are bonded together along respective opposite side edges so as to form seams and the turnback is kept in a folded back state by the seams , and wherein the first and second cover sheets are formed of hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric. a chassis comprising a side facing the wearer's body, a side facing the wearer's garment, a first waist region corresponding to one of front and rear waist regions , a second waist region corresponding to the other of the front and rear waist regions and a crotch region extending between the first and second waist regions; a liquid-absorbent structure lying on the side of the chassis facing the wearer's body and extending across the crotch region into the first and second waist regions; and first and second cover sheets adapted to cover a first end of the liquid-absorbent structure and lying in the first waist region and a second end of the liquid-absorbent structure lying in the second waist region, wherein: the first and second cover sheets include first and second bonded regions adapted to be bonded to the first and second rear ends of the liquid-absorbent structure and the chassis in the area of the area adjacent to the liquid-absorbent structure and first and second non-bonded regions adjacent to an inner or outer side of the first and second bonded regions as viewed in the longitudinal direction wherein the first non-bonded regions are formed with a fold line extending in the transverse direction and folded back along the fold line toward the side facing the wearer's body to form a turnback , characterized in that the first and second waist regions are bonded together along respective opposite side edges so as to form seams and the turnback is kept in a folded back state by the seams , and wherein the first and second cover sheets are formed of hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric. <EOS>