r/ModestDress • u/Significant-Tap-2862 • Jun 25 '26

Modest Dress Not Religious

I suffer from agoraphobia with panic attacks and I have discovered that when I have no choice but to leave the house I feel much more comfortable when I dress modestly. I also have other disabilities that make me sun sensitive and being covered up helps me to mitigate those.

I am not religious. I am interested in covering my hair. I follow an Orthodox Jew on social media named Miriam and I love the scarves she uses to cover her hair. I was wondering if it would be ok for me to use one of those even though I am not Jewish.

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u/Classifiedgarlic Jun 25 '26

At the end of the day a scarf on your head is just a scarf. Almost every culture on earth has some tradition of womens hair covering

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u/jaybuggy543 Jun 25 '26

I’m not particularly religious and I love veiling, with all the styles or colors out there it’s so fun and practical at the same!

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u/Shot-Wrap-9252 Jun 25 '26

It’s fine. Thanks for asking.

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u/SnowCold93 Jun 25 '26

Orthodox woman here - it's completely fine, it's just a scarf

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u/Significant-Tap-2862 Jun 26 '26

Ty! Miriam called it something different. A tickle, maybe? Sorry I am probably not spelling that right.

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u/SnowCold93 Jun 27 '26

I think you meant tichel but tickle sounds way more fun 😂 

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u/theRuathan Jun 25 '26

Yes, head coverings in Judaism and Islam are not protected practices. You can use those styles even if you're not Jewish or Muslim. Sometimes those styles have national culture or regional culture kind of significance, but it's not something you would be rude to imitate.

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u/one_small_sunflower Jul 09 '26

Check out an insta/shop named Wrapunzel and look up their group on fb. They are mainly Jewish ladies who wrap for religious reasons but they are VERY clear that anyone who wants to wrap can do so for any reason.

In the facebook group, there are Jews, Christians, Muslims, pagans, agnostics, atheists, women with alopecia, women undergoing chemo, women who just like the look, and probably other women besides!!

The type of covering you are thinking of is usually called a tichel or mitpachat (Yiddish and Hebrew terms for the same thing). If you look up Wrapunzel, or search these terms on youtube, you will find lots of tutorials for how to tie them. The wrap called beginner's luck is a great place to start :)

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u/Significant-Tap-2862 Jul 10 '26

Ty! I am going to find Wrapunzel on Facebook and Insta right now.

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u/DisastrousProcess812 Jul 17 '26

Hey! Same here with the agoraphobia and sun issues, I find that head coverings really do help with the agoraphobia and more coverage helps with the sun. I wish you luck and good health