What is "finishing school"

alt. (context dated English) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society. n. (context dated English) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.

n. a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities

Finishing school is a type of private school for girls that emphasizes cultural studies and prepares its students especially for social activities.

Finishing school may also refer to:

Finishing School ( in International cities )

Finishing schools are supplementary, extra curricular specialised schools in most modern cities, teaching and training people - from youngsters to seniors, to empower them with valuable self confidence, upper class personality and refinements for their personal, social and business lifestyles and society.

Initially Finishing Schools were famously located in Europe, and best known to be in Switzerland but slowly and surely, this education has branched out to cities over the world. Earlier, Finishing Schools were mostly attended by members of royal families, celebrities, wealthy people and by those in the upper strata of society for their future roles in public life or to enter high society. Now, there is a realisation that these subjects, also known as Soft Skills trainings in professional life, are hardly taught at schools and universities of the world. Empowering topics and subjects include Personality Development, Image Management, Body Language, Communication Skills, Postures, Gestures and expressions; Fine grooming, Dress Sense, Fine Dining; Handling Sensitivity of Criticism, Negativity, Anger Management and allied skills. These skills are equally or even more powerful than only academic and vocational skills.

Finishing School is a 1934 romantic drama film starring Frances Dee as a young woman who gets into trouble after being sent to a finishing school by her neglectful parents.

This film was condemned by the Legion of Decency.

A finishing school is a school for young women that focuses on teaching social graces and upper class cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society. The name reflects that it follows on from ordinary school and is intended to complete the education, with classes primarily on deportment and etiquette, with academic subjects secondary. It may consist of an intensive course, or a one-year programme. In the United States it is sometimes called a charm school.

Graeme Donald claims that the educational ladies' salons of the late 1800s led to the formal finishing institutions evidenced in Switzerland around that time. At their peak, thousands of wealthy young women were sent to the dozens of finishing schools available. A primary goal was to teach students to acquire husbands.

The 1960s marked the decline of the finishing school. This can be attributed to the shifting conceptions of women's role in society, as well as succession issues within the typically family-run schools and sometimes commercial pressures driven by the high value of the properties the schools occupied. The 1990s saw a revival of the finishing school, although the business model has been radically altered.

Finishing School'' (Italian: Fanciulle di lusso'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Susan Stephen, Anna Maria Ferrero and Jacques Sernas. It was made at Cinecittà with sets designed by the art director Franco Lolli. It is also known by the alternative title of Luxury Girls.