Article with stay-in-place feature

An article having a front waistband section, a back waistband section, an intermediate section interconnecting said front and back waistband sections, a longitudinal direction, a cross-direction and a laterally extending line which is longitudinally centered in said article, said article comprising:

• at least a first fit panel connected to an inside surface of at least one of said waistband sections, said fit panel having a direction-dependent coefficient of friction value along a basis line of said fit panel, wherein a first coefficient of friction value is exhibited when sliding on said fit panel along said basis line in a first inward direction generally toward said laterally extending line, a second, different coefficient of friction value is exhibited when sliding on said fit panel along said basis line in a second outward direction opposite said first direction, said first and second coefficient of friction values are determined with respect to testing against foam, and the greater of said first and second coefficient of friction values is not more than about 2.4.