A dad is matching his face masks to his ties every day, and people are loving the coordinated looks

• On July 15, Kiana Montgomery shared a couple of photos of her dad, Steve Montgomery, matching his face masks to his ties on Twitter.
• At the time of writing, Kiana's tweet has over 82,000 retweets and 676,000 likes.
• Insider spoke to Kiana and Steve about how they got the idea to coordinate and their thoughts on the pictures going viral.

Kiana Montgomery had no idea her dad, Steve Montgomery, would go viral when she shared photos of his matching ties and face masks on Twitter.

Steve actually shared a picture of his fashionable take on face masks to Facebook first, but his looks started trending after Kiana tweeted his photos to give her dad a hard time.

"I decided to put it on Twitter, and it blew up the next morning," she said. "I wast just giving my dad a hard time because he always does random things like this. He's super goofy."

Her initial tweet had over 82,000 retweets and 676,000 likes at the time of writing.

Steve, who works as a car salesman at the Northpark Chevrolet in Castroville, Texas, said the idea to match came about when he and his girlfriend, Qin Latimer, realized they could make face masks out of the pocket squares that usually come with his ties.

He admitted that he loves to look good at work and thinks his coordinating style is a result of serving in the army.

"All of our uniforms had to match," Steve told Insider. "I think that's why I'm very coordinated with colors and stuff."

"When I was seeing people wearing face masks, I thought they looked so generic and I didn't want to look the same, so I decided to do my own," he said.

Steve said he's now up to 15 face masks, as Latimer is making about one to two a day. He also never repeats the same look twice in one week, so he wears a different mask and tie combination to work every day.

"She's having fun with it," Steve said of his girlfriend, adding that Latimer has also been making some hair scarves to match her masks.

Some people might think Steve's handmade face masks look difficult to breathe in, but the car salesman says they're actually perfectly fine.

"I don't like all of those medical-looking masks, so I'm having fun with it and actually enjoy wearing a mask now," he told Insider.

It's important to note that Steve also loves to match his socks to his ties and face masks to complete each look.

The 57-year-old car salesman said he and his girlfriend are planning on making more face masks, and his daughter is going to keep posting pictures on Twitter when she can.

Since Kiana posted the original Twitter thread, Steve said he's getting recognized around San Antonio, Texas, and is having fun with his newfound Internet fame.

"It's kind of cool and if it helps me sell cars, I like it," he said.

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