Belted absorbent article and a method of producing a laminate for use as belt material

An absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent body enclosed therebetween, said article having a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion therebetween, and further is provided with a pair of belt members attached to the rear portion, alternatively to the front portion, of the article and which are intended to be fastened together around the waist of the wearer by fasteners and where said front portion, alternatively said rear portion, is provided with fasteners adapted to be fastened to the belt members, in such a way that the article will assume a pant shape, the belt members form a part of a waist portion of the pant, the belt members comprise a flexible laminate of at least three layers, a first outer layer, a middle layer and a second outer layer of fibrous material bonded together in a bonding pattern, said bonding pattern having a bonding area of no more than 10%, said first outer layer and said middle layer of the laminate having a creped structure of a plurality of raised areas separated by a plurality of nonraised areas formed by the bonding sites of said bonding pattern, wherein the creped structure of the first outer layer is more distinct with a greater height of said raised areas as compared to the middle layer.