Institut Alpin Videmanette Explained

The Institut Alpin Videmanette was a finishing school in the municipality of Rougemont, Switzerland. It was an all-girl school where the lessons were skiing, cooking, dressmaking and French.

In 1973, the school was headed by Monsieur and Madame C. L. Yersin.[1] In 1981, it was reported to have an age range between sixteen and twenty and to teach language and commercial programmes through the medium of the French language.[2]

The main facilities were in Château d'Œx.[3] [4]

Tamara Mellon was at the school in the mid-1980s, when it had some sixty girls and was still headed by Madame Yersin. She later wrote of it that "The assumption was that you were a dunce and that the only hope for you was to attach yourself to what was known as a good provider." In her day there was a smoking room and in the winter months there were skiing lessons every afternoon. Girls would often meet boys from Le Rosey at a nightclub in Gstaad. The winter campus of Le Rosey was nearby.[5]

The school closed in 1991.[6]

Alumnae

1977 to 1978.[7] [8]

References

  1. "Institut Alpin Videmanette" in Schools 1973 (London: Truman & Knightley Educational Trust, 1973), p. 799
  2. "Institut Alpin Videmanette" in Karlene N. Dickey, Switzerland, a Study of the Educational System of Switzerland and a Guide to the Academic Placement of Students from Switzerland in Educational Institutions of the United States (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 1981), p. 118
  3. Book: Courtney . Nicholas . Diana, Princess of Wales . 1982 . Holt, Rinehart, and Winston . UK . 9780030632297 . 28 November 2020 . Lady Diana went to the Institut Alpin Videmanette at the Chateau d'Oex near Gstaad..
  4. Web site: Thornhill . Emily . The history-breaking reason that made Princess Diana different from all other royal brides . Harper's Bazaar UK . Hearst Magazines UK . 28 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205160151/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/bazaar-brides/news/a41854/diana-royal-bride-job/ . 2 June 2017 . Prior to her engagement, Diana worked as a teacher at Young England School in Pimlico. The charitable princess took on the role after returning to London from the exclusive Chateau D'Oex finishing school in Rougemont, Switzerland in 1978. . 5 December 2017.
  5. Tamara Mellon, In My Shoes (London: Penguin, 2013), pp. 38–41
  6. Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School The New Yorker . . 2018-10-02 . https://archive.today/20181002222322/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/08/lessons-from-the-last-swiss-finishing-school . 2018-10-02 . 2020-11-28 . live.
  7. Book: Morton . Andrew . Diana: Her True Story . 1992 . Michael O'Mara Books . London . 9780329629830 . 28 November 2020.
  8. Book: Brown . Tina . The Diana Chronicles . 2007 . Penguin Random House . USA . 978-0-7679-2309-5 . 28 November 2020.
  9. Book: Mills . Hayley . Forever Young: A Memoir . 2021 . Grand Central Publishing . 9781538704196 . 171 . First.
  10. Web site: Tamara Mellon on Twitter: "Me sneaking out of Institut Alpin Videmane… . 2020-11-28 . https://archive.today/20201128032737/https://twitter.com/TamaraMellon/status/393439626985086976?s=20 . 2020-11-28 . 2020-11-28 . live.
  11. News: Tamara Mellon's Next Step . The New York Times . 26 October 2012 . 28 November 2020 . After completing her O levels, roughly equivalent to graduating from high school, she picked up passable French while enrolled at the Institut Alpin Videmanette, a Swiss finishing school, now defunct, famous for educating another notable pupil, Diana Spencer, on etiquette and manners. . Chang . Bee-Shyuan .

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