Goan- you are completely underestimating frum women and still not getting my point.
I’m not trying to debate if wigs are assur or mutar- I am pointing out how the shiltei Giborim’s teshuva can and was interpreted in different ways with MANY great poskim stating that wigs were not allowed outside. This is the basis of Rav Ovadia Yosef’s brilliant teshuva, how the shiltei Giborim never meant for wigs to be worn outside and Rov poskim (ashkenaz and sephard) did not allow the use of wigs – therefore it is forbidden. It aways amazes me how so many ignorant people will just dismiss the word of a halachic genius like Rav Ovadia Yosef who was able to be lenient in all areas- Yet he couldnt find a halachic heter for the wigs. He wasn’t looking to make it harder for women- he studied the topic very extensively and is way more knowedgeable than you or me. To dismiss his words as “only for Sephardim” is extremely disrespectful (my background is ashkenazic btw) I think posters here would benefit from learning his teshuva on the peah nachris for a deeper and clearer understanding of the topic.
I know that there is a heter for wigs in the Ashkenazic world (and again that is and was a great debate) but the wigs than were VERY different from today. You cannot just state that based on their psak that because the wigs then were allowed, today all natural wigs are okay to wear- expecially as you are totally dismissing the words of current great Gedolei hador like Rav Elyashiv, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Rav Wosner and many others who said otherwise. They made it very clear that most of todays wigs are not modest (which defeats the entire purpose of the mitzvah).
Most frum women today would not stop covering their hair if they were told the wigs today are pritzus. They would make their wigs wiggier or try tichels. it is a disservice to the Klal, especially the women, that kisui rosh is not taught properly and many women do not understand why they are covering their hair and what is a proper and modest head covering. Frum women are intrinsically good- if they were taught this mitzvah properly the streets wouldn’t look the way they do now.