A personal care article (20) has a longitudinal-direction (22), a
relatively shorter, lateral cross-direction (24), a first end-section
(72), a second end-section (72a), and an intermediate-section (76) which
is contiguous with and interposed between the first end-section (72) and
the second end-section (72a). The article includes a liquid permeable
topsheet layer (26), and a backsheet layer (28) which is operatively
connected to the topsheet layer (26). The article has been folded about a
first, supplemental-fold-region (64) and a second,
supplemental-fold-region (66) to provide a preliminary-folded article
(82). The preliminary-folded article has been operatively enclosed in a
wrap member (98), and the preliminary-folded article and wrap member have
been folded along a composite-fold-region (96a) to provide a
composite-folded, wrapped-article (114). The wrap member has included a
wrap retainer mechanism (112) which has been configured to operatively
hold the composite-folded, article and wrap member in their
composite-folded condition.