Dia de los muertos or Day of the Dead has seeped in to the pop culture consciousness with sugar skull imagery and make-up tutorials 10 a penny.  And while pop culture certainly had its own influence on the traditional Mexican holiday (we can thank James Bond’s Spectre for the large parades less than a decade old)  - Dia de los Muertos is far from calaveras (skulls) and pageantry. When Scottish photographer Emily Wylde was invited over by Bran Symondsom she couldn’t have quite expected how much of a culture shock it would be.  A year later, she’s set to preview her first solo exhibition “Dia De Los Muertos” showcasing an array of intimate and often surreal snapshots from her time in Mexico.

It’s that little voice in your head that presses and prods. Sometimes it’s a little niggle, an itch that can’t fully be scratched. Sometimes it’s a near constant ache that refuses to be ignored. It’s the same voice that whispers – you can’t. That you’re too emotional. Too childish. Too lost. Too intense. Quite simply, too much. Artist and girl boss extraordinaire Rosalind Shrinivas though subverts this – leaning in, scratching the itch through distinctive and intimate illustrations that can be in their simplest form be described as an exercise in self-portraits and finding your voice.

Isolated Heroes is easily one of Scotland's indie darling success stories and with their high fantasy and fun approach to fashion it's not difficult to see why.  Never one to be held down by such arbitrary constructs or guidelines like size, gender or indeed seasons, Isolated Heroes latest drop features a proverbial smorgasbord of sparkles, power-mesh and pastel leather.

I didn't expect there to be as much cleavage. I mean, okay, La Traviata is a sexy opera. It's practically Moulin Rouge. It's the opera that made Julia Robert cry in Pretty Woman. The lead? Is a courtesan. In Paris. Of course it's a sexy opera. But I didn't expect there to be as much cleavage. Or as much bustle. Fashion it turns out it even more circular than I thought. And the late 1800s loved a bitta bustle.