History
The company was named after Annice Summers, the female secretary of the male founder, Kim Caborn Waterfield. Annice Summers, who was born Annice Goodwin in 1941 but took her stepfather’s surname, left the company soon after it opened following a row with Caborn Waterfield. She went to live in Umbria, Italy, two hours from Rome, but sadly she died of cancer in October 2012.
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