One thought about current sheitels. Many seem to express displeasure with the most recent sheitels because they are very long. But think about it. Why were they shorter 15 years ago? The reason was not because they were more tzniusdig then, it was exactly the opposite. It was because the styles were shorter then, and short was considered *more* attractive than long. The same was true of single girls’ hair, and maybe even in the non-Jewish world, as well. The sheitels were no worse looking than now, for people who lived through that era. There were no sudden advances in sheitel technology the past 15 years. Styles simply became longer, and in a few years will probably become shorter, just like men’s ties which go from thick to thin all the time. To say that long sheitels are less tzniusdig than short sheitels simply seems arbitrary, and not in conformance with how women choose. If Reb Moshe had no problem with the most stylish sheitels of his day, it seems a stretch that he would have a problem with the most stylish sheitels of today. Nowhere does he caution that everything he writes only holds true if they are not too long or nice. He explicitly states that even in his day many couldn’t tell the difference between a sheitel and actual uncovered hair, and he says that this doesn’t matter.
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