Wigs
Orthodox Leaders Crack Down On ‘Slutty’ Long Wigs
Orthodox leaders are increasingly policing the length of women’s wigs. One women was even prevented from buying a house in Lakewood.
The Orthodox Woman’s Tireless Search For The Most Natural Wig
A wig that looks totally natural is exorbitantly expensive.
Orthodox Women Face ‘Frum-Shaming’ Campaign Over ‘Immodest’ Wigs
This is the frum version of “slut shaming”: Woman, your rabbinically mandated headcovering is really “asking for it.” So tone it down.
Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Ban Human-Hair Wigs (Again)
But good luck taking on the $1 billion human-hair industry.
Taxonomy of the Sheitel
Everything you ever wanted to know about religious Jewish wigs, but were too afraid to ask. Frimet Goldberger breaks down what each wig means for the woman who wears it.
Orthodox Wig World
Everything you ever wanted to know about religious Jewish wigs, but were too afraid to ask. Frimet Goldberger breaks down what each wig means for the woman who wears it.
Robocall To Orthodox Women: Keep Wigs Short
A robocall made to Orthodox homes in the Lakewood, N.J. area admonished women to cut their wigs, claiming that they could prevent unnamed tragedies by donning cropped sheitels.
Jewish Wigmakers Look to Cambodia for Lustrous Sheitel Hair
The export of human hair from Cambodia has massively expanded — and Orthodox Jewish women represent an important portion of the clientele.
The Case Against the Sheitel
“Do you like the blond better? With or without the ponytail?”
Modesty and the Sexy Sheitel
Walk down Cedar Lane in the heavily Orthodox enclave of Teaneck, N.J. and she beckons you to come hither — with her long, luxurious locks and feathery bangs coquettishly hiding her eyes. This is seduction on the street or, rather, in the shop window. The mannequins in the wig shop have some of the sexiest hair in Bergen County, N.J.