Again, the wigs that were worn for hundreds of years looked nothing like todays wigs. I think I posted enough sourced info to show that Jewish women cover their hair for modesty (why is this even a debate??). Most of the wigs today are not modest, they look just like one’s own hair and usually nuch nicer which is defeating the purpose of the mitzvah.
Jewish women are not covering their hair to look married, they are covering their hair to increase their modesty level- which is not happening with todays sheitels. The maaris ayin issue is not relevant
My point is not to argue assur/ mutar (although there is much to debate about on that). My point is that many current Gedolei Hador who knew what the more recent wigs looked like stated that the wigs of today are not modest. One example of many:
From מצות כיסוי שערות by Rabbi Pesach Elyiyahu Falk,
“The present day Geolei HaPoskim have similarly stated that it is assur and wholly incorrect for a sheitel to be made to simulate the maiden appearance of a woman. In a proclomation from year 5750 a central paragraph reads as follows:
פאה היא כיסוי לשיער ראשה של האשה, במה דברים אמורים שאכן ניתן להבחין בה שהיא פאה. אך אלו נראת כמראה שיער טבעי לחלוטין לא נוכל לכנותה בשם כיסוי שיער הראש. ובחבישת פאה זו היא מחשילה כל רואיה באיסורים חמורים
“The sheitel is intended as a covering for the woman’s hair. It can be considered as such only when it can be recognized as a sheitel. if it looks like natural hair, it cannot be considered to screen off what is supposed to be hidden. By wearing such a sheitel the wearer ensnares those who see her in very serious issurim.”
HaGaon HaRav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Halevi Wosner and HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz. (page 12)
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