I bought these for my son-in-law who works third shift and has to sleep during the day.  Until these black out curtains, his best defense for keeping the afternoon light out of the bedroom was a heavy blanket draped across the window.  The black out curtains are a complete hit!  In fact, he is sleeping so well he doesn't want to get up!  The curtains thoroughly cover the window, do not allow the slightest bit of filtered light in and look great.  The fabric is soft and they were not wrinkled at all when they came out of the package.