A woman has given the internet a tour of her grandmother's leopard-print home, which houses more than 500 items in the distinctive pattern. Leopard print has been a staple of , but for Ira Bowman, 76, her love affair with the pattern has been lifelong. The former hairdresser won her town's Miss King's Lynn competition in her teens and traced her love of the print back to her beauty-queen days.
Betsy Stainsby, her 23-year-old granddaughter, showcased Bowman's animal-print boudoir in a video on . The clip, posted earlier in May under the handle @betseal, has received more than 162,000 views and 15,000 likes. Stainsby, a marketing and events coordinator from King's Lynn in Norfolk, England, said she .
She told that Bowman owned more than 500 leopard-print items, and that she had passed down her love of the print to her daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughter. "My nan's always been a glamor puss," she said. "She passed on her love of leopard print to everyone.
" She continued: "Personally, when I wear anything leopard print, it's an ode to my nan. "She says it can't be tat. It has to be classy leopard print.
She's just iconic." Bowman told : "I can't explain it. I've always liked leopard print.
" Stainsby defined a classier leopard print as having a higher contrast between the darker and lighter tones of the pattern During the video tour, she showed off her grandmother's home, with Bowman opening the door wearing a leopard-print dressing gown. The video shows Stainsby wal.
