old man – C’mon -of course you have to have intent, but what is their intent? Why is one dress nicer than another? Why is a nose ring nicer than not having one? The only answer I can come up with is they want to be “In Style”. So whose style? These styles are started by the Goyim and they want to have the same styles. This to me is exactly what the Chochmas Odom says is Ossur.
Shaitles are a different ball game. I’m not going into the Maclokes nowadays about Shaitles, just talking about the Inyan Noigeah OOvchukosayhem. Shaitles first started in the Frum community when they looked like a Shaitle. So the Etzem Issur of OOvchukosayhem doesn’t apply. They didn’t want to copy the Goyim -they just didn’t want to wear a Tichel. The fact that they started making them stylish is just making something stylish that is already part of the Jewish world -it’s not now a Goyishe thing.
But as far as wearing these long -haired beautiful Shaitles as opposed to just nice custom or Human hair ones, I think would be Ossur because of Pritzus, not because of OOvchukosayhem.