2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. Devorah’le, a mother of four, is at home. She wears a wig made from her own hair, holding a strand that was left out. According to Jewish tradition, married women cover their hair to maintain modesty.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. Deborah, a fashion entrepreneur, carefully brushes her friend Bracha’s wig in a restroom. Within the Chabad community, women cultivate close support networks, with the wig serving as a central element of this sisterhood.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. A wig in progress at Racheli’s home studio in Crown Heights. Racheli is a local wig maker.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. Chana, a young newlywed, holds her new wig at home in New Jersey, her natural hair covered with a tichel (scarf).

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. New York. In the foreground, one of Chaye’s wigs is displayed, while in the background hangs a scarf she uses at home to cover her hair. Chaye is a respected elder in the Orthodox Jewish Community of Crown Heights.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. Chava, who runs a wig charity, holds one of the wigs prepared for donation.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. Bracha, a young Orthodox woman from the Crown Heights community, is reflected in a mirror.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. Devorah’le’s wig in the restroom of her Crown Heights home.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. Chaya, a local influencer, sits in the mikvah in Crown Heights, a ritual bath where women immerse monthly for spiritual purification following the end of their menstrual cycle.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. A Polaroid image of Chava, who runs a wig charity accompanied by her handwritten note reflecting on her relationship with her wig.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. A Polaroid image of Dina, who runs the wig salon Dina Stern Wigs.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. A Polaroid image of Chana, a young newlywed accompanied by her handwritten note reflecting on her relationship with her wig.

2025, Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad Orthodox Jewish community. A Polaroid image of Shaindel, a style entrepreneur from Crown Heights, accompanied by her handwritten note reflecting on her relationship with her wig.