Edge fold having substantially uniform gathers for absorbent article and method for making

An absorbent article comprising:

• a leg elastic;
• and
• a chassis with a longitudinal edge that includes a leg opening portion with a leg opening portion length, wherein:
• at least a portion of the chassis adjacent to the leg opening portion is an activated portion, which is incrementally stretched along an activated portion length, wherein the activated portion has an overall shape that is substantially arched;
• the leg elastic is disposed along at least a portion of the activated portion;
• at least a portion of the activated portion is a folded portion, folded transversely inward, along a folded portion length;
• and
• at least a portion of the folded portion is bonded along a bonded portion length and inboard to the leg elastic, forming an edge fold with substantially uniform gathers, wherein the portion of the leg elastic longitudinally coincident with the folded portion is disposed transversely outboard of the bonded portion and at or transversely inboard of the edge fold.