Abstract: A clothing and method for producing the clothing, for use on machines for producing material webs in the form of paper webs, paperboard webs or tissue webs, in particular a press belt or transfer belt with a porous composite structure, comprising at least one layer, which forms the surface supporting the material web, and particulate polymer material, whereby, after thermal activation, the particulate polymer material is partly melted and bonded to the structure forming the layer so that said structure is partly impregnated and voids in the structure are partly filled. The clothing is characterized in that the particulate material is partially differently distributed in the region of the surface supporting the material web over the width direction of the clothing.