Abstract: A flexible coverage-providing article for outside use having a covering textile layer, and a woven illuminating layer having diffusing optical fibers and binding threads woven with the diffusing optical fibers. The illuminating layer furthermore containing a border composed of woven textile threads, the diffusing optical fibers extending beyond one edge of the woven illuminating layer, an end segment of the diffusing optical fibers being formed into a strand, an assembly seam, a lighting unit, the lighting unit having an optical output, the optical output being connected to the strand of diffusing optical fibers, and a light source for generating a light flux in the optical output.