Method of making a breathable elastic fabric composite and personal article incorporating same

A disposable absorbent garment comprising:

• an outer cover including a pair of leg openings, front and rear waist sections defining a waist opening, inner and outer surfaces, a central crotch portion between said leg openings and opposed front and rear panels separated by said crotch portion;
• an absorbent structure superposable on said outer cover, for absorbing and retaining bodily exudates;
• gathers at either of said leg opening and said waist opening;
• and
• wherein either of said leg and waist gathers are formed from a breathable elastomeric nonwoven laminar fabric comprising a liquid impervious elastomeric film carrier sheet sandwiched and bonded at spaced apart sites between two or more nonwoven facing sheets thereby forming air permeable apertures therein at said bond sites, providing a cushioned cloth-like fit of said garment about the body of a wearer.