Muslim-American Olympian, Ibtihaj Muhammad, officially has her own Barbie doll in shops –as the figurine is on sale after being unveiled by American toy company Mattel, back in November. Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first American athlete to compete in the Olympic Games wearing a hijab in 2016, and now the Olympic fencer is also the model behind the first hijab wearing Barbie

Somali-American model, Halima Aden, has become the first model to wear a hijab on the cover of Teen Vogue, for the July 2018 digital issue. The 20 year-old is already a high-profile model who has been featured on the covers of British Vogue, Allure and Glamour.

Aden was also the first hijabi model to sign with agency IMG, walk the runways of New York and Milan, and compete in the Miss Minnesota pageant –as the Muslim model continues to break barriers and stereotypes.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince announced that wearing an abaya or hijab is a women’s choice, as the laws of Sharia stipulate women to dress respectfully but do not specify a black abaya or a black head cover. Therefore a woman can decide “what type of decent and respectful attire she chooses to wear."

More fashion designers are being influenced by modest fashion as the headscarf and hijab have appeared in new autumn/winter 2018 collections during fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris over the past month. As head covering is becoming more mainstream with the fashion industry moving towards inclusivity of modest dressing and Muslim fashion.

London Modest Fashion Week returns for its second year after success in 2017 at the Saatchi Gallery, as this year London’s Victoria House is hosting modest fashion designers and hijab-wearing fashionistas over 17th and 18th February.

Do not Stereotype –the tag line of River Island’s important new campaign which states that labels are for clothes not people.

U.S. department store Macy’s has teamed up with modest womenswear brand, Verona, as their full spring wear collaboration will be available from 15th February. The news was announced on World Hijab Day (1st February) that Macy’s would start to cater for American Muslim women, with the launch of their first modest fashion collection, Macy’s x Verona.