Rav Ovadia says that you need strict modesty!
PLEASE NOTE There is a picture of Rav Ovadia Yosef and his family which was recently published on YNET. The article is not written in a respectful manner. This post is to defend Rav Yosef against the claims of the article. The claim is made that Rav Yosef’s wife is not dressed according to the laws of modesty. I just want to point out that there is no question that the standards of tznius have changed to be much more machmir. But her hair covering is halachically correct according to the Chasam Sofer and Rav Moshe Feinstein – and obviously according to Rav Yosef. Thus this is clearly an example of shifting standards of halacha but the bottom line is that she fullfilled the halacha and standards of those days – even though such is not be acceptable today. It also is not possible to rely on this to ignore todays standards.