2025
The Sheitel—the wig worn by ultra-Orthodox married women, is a ritual rooted in both religious devotion and personal style. For over two centuries, Jewish women have shaped their sense of beauty and femininity within the boundaries of modesty (tzniut), while also adapting to modern aesthetics and cultural shifts.
Through close access to women from the Crown Heights community in Brooklyn, this project traces the relationships women cultivate with their sheitels as an extension of the self; from the transitional moments of wedding ceremonies to everyday practices in wig salons and private spaces.
