1 embodying this invention comprises a lamination of three materials the base material 10 normally forming the inner face of the shade 1 comprises the aforementioned plastic textile material which has suitably decorated or embossed to provide a pleasant appearance to the occupants of the aircraft such materials are normally purchased in pleated form from manufactures of the fibrous plastic sheet material thus the height of the individual pleats is only available in a limited number of discrete sizes such sizes may not conform to the desired height dimension of shades for a particular aircraft to overcome this problem the plastic textile material 10 has a line of stitching or adhesive 12 applied adjacent but spaced from the outer fold 10b which secures the extreme ends of the outer folds of the shade in abutment forming ribs 10c the spacing of the stitching 12 relative to the outer fold 10b effectively determines the height of the pleats and thus determines the total effective height of the shade 1 referring again to fig3 one of the faces preferably the outer face of each of the pleats 10a has a flat strip of metallic material 14 adhesively secured across substantially its entire area preferably the edge 14a of each strip is adjacent but spaced from the threads 12 while the inner edge of each strip lies adjacent but closely spaced from the inner fold 10d the preferred materials for the flat strip 14 are aluminum or.