Tommy Ton: street style photographer to turn designer? Street style photographer Tommy Ton reveals he wants to design his own collection. Celebrated street style photographer Tommy Ton has revealed that he'd like to try his hand at designing. "I definitely feel that another five years [from now] is probably when I would do a collection" Ton said in an interview with New York based stylist Stevie Dance on her new shopping blog, Shopghost . Tommy Ton: street style superstar "The clothes that I want to design will be very reflective of what I've liked for quite a long time or what I think is missing" the photographer continued, after admitting he collects an ever-growing archive of vintage Balenciaga and Helmut Lang to use as inspiration when he finally knuckles down to his future collection. The admission follows hot on the heels of his first foray into the design world in which he collaborated with Canadian brand Club Monaco on two limited edition bags for men and women which were the street style celebrity hit of the autumn/winter 2012 fashion weeks, spotted on everyone from model Poppy Delevingne to designer Henry Holland and street style favourite, Anna Dello Russo. Editor-at-large of Vogue Nippon Anna Dello Russo and model Poppy Delevingne tote Tommy Ton x Club Monaco bags during fashion weeks. "I've been wearing Club Monaco since I was a teenager and following the brand for quite sometime," Ton said at the bags' UK launch which took place in London's Harvey Nichols last week. If any brand could understand my own personal style and aesthetic, it is Club Monaco. Tommy Ton: fashion's favourite photo blogger For someone who's bread and butter is mixing with the world's best dressed, and who has such a clear sense of his own style you'd think the photographer was well-equipped to start designing now. But Ton insists he has more work to do to get his contacts book up to scratch before he launches fully into the design world: "I need to make more friends with certain models, so when the time [for my collection] comes I can be like, 'Anja!'" Worries aside, something tells us this darling of the fashion world will be just fine.