Wearing article and method of manufacturing same

A method of manufacturing a wearing article, comprising:

• a girth member continuous body preparation process of preparing a girth member continuous body having a pair of side edges extending in a first direction, and in which a plurality of first regions in which girth members are to be formed are connected in the first direction;
• an absorbent body continuous body preparation process of preparing an absorbent body continuous body in which a plurality of second regions in which absorbent bodies are to be formed are connected in a second direction;
• an absorbent body cutting process of cutting the absorbent body continuous body to form the absorbent body so that a pair of end edges are formed on the absorbent body and a cutout part is formed on the intermediate portion of the one end edge;
• an absorbent body joining process of joining a plurality of the absorbent bodies to the girth member continuous body at intervals from each other in the first direction so that the other end edge of the absorbent body overlaps with the girth member continuous body and the intermediate portion between the one end edge and the other end edge of the absorbent body overlaps with the one side edge of the girth member continuous body;
• a folding back process of folding-back a portion of the girth member continuous body adjacent to the other side edge to cover the other end edge of the absorbent body joined to the girth member continuous body;
• a girth member cutting process of cutting the girth member continuously body in which a portion adjacent to the other side edge is folded, to form the girth member having end parts on both sides of the first direction;
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• a fastening member fixing process of fixing a fastening member enabling the end part of the girth member to repeatedly fasten to and separate from a portion of the absorbent body adjacent to the one end edge, to the girth member continuous body or the girth member.