Was 2016 the year of modest fashion movement?

On one hand, the year 2016 invited several positive and negative opinions on the role of religion v/s personal choice of clothing post France’s burkini ban furore. On the other, New York Fashion Week debuted a show by Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan featuring a hijab through its every look on the runway. Around the same time, a 15-year-old Saudi teenager demanded a hijab-clad emoji, while a fully clothed Libayan-American journalist Noor Tagouri wearing a hijab appeared on the October edition of Playboy! Was 2016 the year of modest fashion movement? Well, it surely took some steps in changing the global perception.