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Taco Belle: This blogger turned her Taco Bell obsession into a Disney fairy tale

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Instagram / avantgeek

Who doesn’t love a good pun? Olivia Mears certainly does. The North Carolina-based artist and designer posted an epic “Beauty and the Beast”-inspired Taco “Belle” dress on Thursday on her Instagram account, the grand finale in a three year obsession with the fast food chain.

On her website, Avant-Geek, Mears describes herself as an artist and costume and fashion designer. Graduating from Western Carolina University in 2014, she has Bachelor degrees in Fine Art and Science in Education (Art).

Three years ago, she wandered into Taco Bell dressed as Disney princess, Belle, and she’s been obsessed ever since.

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Olivia Mears / Imgur

After the original Belle drop-in, Mears appeared in a Taco Bell “Fanspiration” commercial wearing a second iteration of the “Belle” dress made from taco wrap and sauce packets.

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Avant-Geek

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Facebook / Avante-Geek

In January of this year, she offered her Facebook fans a sneak peek at was to be the greatest Taco Belle dress of all time.

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Continuing my legacy (Facebook / Avant-Geek)

And on Thursday it was revealed.

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Instagram / avantgeek

Mears definitely isn’t the first one to be inspired by fast food. Who could forget the Fall 2014 Ready to Wear collection by Jeremy Scott for Moschino, which had models basically dressed as ultra-fashionable McDonald’s employees. And then there’s pretty much every performance costume worn by Katy Perry. The parallel between fast food and fast fashion is not a new concept but in this case, it does have us feeling a little hungry.

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