Five gloves was founded by a French-Italian, Franck Fazio who, prior to setting up the business had worked for one of the most prestigious Italian motorcycle clothing brands, as liaison with the company’s official riders. He discovered that they were often dissatisfied with their gloves. He recognised that no company was concentrating solely on motorcycle gloves, and so he set out to create a company that focussed purely on this one product. He reasoned that by concentrating on one area, he could create a superior product. The name Five comes, obviously, from the number of fingers on the hand.