Course Descriptions
Individual Classes
Group Classes
Study At Home
Couples Coaching
More group classes will be forming, if you would like to receive news as it happens, we invite you to join our mailing list.
Sudden Beauty
2 1/2 hours on campus: 2 to 4:30 p.m. or 8 to 10:30 p.m. (Weekdays only). We concentrate on finding a look for you. Total transformation with wigs, make-up and clothing. Make-up class. Body sculpting with corsets. Polaroid pinups. Overall evaluation and recommended readings. Great for busy girls or budget conscious beauties.
Miracle Miss
4 hours on campus: 2 to 6 p.m. or 7 to 11 p.m. The ideal introduction to your femmeself and great preparation for those of you who dream of going out one day, and that day may be sooner than you think! Not only do we help create the new you, we teach her to put her best high heel forward. A real confidence builder, this total transformation includes a make-up lesson and body-sculpting plus high heel, walking and posing class. There is even time for an elective such as female sexual energy class or voice class, and a personal video for home study. Go ahead, you deserve it.
Dining Debutante
6 hours on and off campus: 5 to 11 p.m. or 6 p.m. to midnight. A restaurant is the perfect place to make your first public appearance. We prepare you with make-up and high heel classes. Relax and be gorgeous while seeing the world with new eyes and new eyelashes.
Campus Co-Ed
8 hours on campus: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or 12 noon to 8 p.m. (for late risers). Live in your own private dormitory for a full day completely surrounded by glamorous, caring teachers. Miracle Miss plus lunch with etiquette class. Understanding your femmeself. Electives can include: female sexual energy, voice class, ballet one and tu-tu. You'll never want to graduate.
Girl On The Go
10 hours on campus with field trip: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. or noon to 10 p.m. Transformation with make-up class. Body sculpting with corsets. Polaroid pin-ups and outdoor shots. High heel walking, posing and taxi class. Voice class. Sensuality seminar. On campus lunch. Restaurant dinner with ladies room lesson and Broadway show. Stay up late and be a Playgirl After Hours.
Modeling Assignment
Studio photo shoot, film and processing included. Learn to be a centerfold model or enjoy a full day of photo therapy and go from baby to bride and beyond!
Maid To Order
8 hours on campus. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or noon to 8 p.m. Washing lingerie, giving pedicures working your way up to manicures. Wearing the proper uniform. Would you like to be the serving girl at the dean's tea party? We don't just fall for any man in uniform, we teach you how to look cute and be of service.
Femme Intensive
Two full days and evenings on and off campus. Additional days possible. Can include photo shoot. Great for out-of-town students who want to experience a lot in a little time. Students stay at a lovely guest house one block from the academy. We decorate your room for you. Schedule is similar to Girl On the Go and other full day and evening experiences.
Private Coaching
Who better to talk to about your feelings than Miss Vera? She is available in one-on-one private coaching sessions to help you make the most of your femmeself: physically, mentally and emotionally.You've never had a guidance counsellor like this. Appointments are available on on hourly basis. No make-overs during this time, you must come dressed en femme or in male drab. Email with "guidance counsellor" in the subject line.
Sororities who would like to arrange for a group lesson either at your location or in Manhattan, contact
Ballet Break
Monday, lunch hour. The perfect way to start your week in femme mode. Miss Tiger leads this group class. You are required to wear leotard, tights and ballet slippers, no full make-over given, simply lipstick and, a wig, if you like. All of which can be supplied by the academy, or you may bring your own oufit. Enrollment is limited to 3 students. Doors open at 12:30. Class begins promptly at 1pm.
Miss Vera’s Group Class Offerings For Serious Students of Any Gender
Amazing Grace: “How to Walk In High Heels” plus Pretty in Pictures: “How to Pose for Photos”
The dates for our next group walking classes are as follows:
| Sunday, | June 17, | 5 - 6 p.m. | Amazing Grace: “How to Walk In High Heels”. |
| Monday, | June 18, | 7 - 8 p.m. | Repeat of Amazing Grace: “How to Walk In High Heels”. |
| Tuesday, | June 19, | 7 - 8 p.m. | Pretty in Pictures: “How to Pose for Photos”. |
Tuition:
There is a lot of information to take in and we’ve found a one hour class is the right amount of time to teach without overwhelming students. So our pricing encourages students to take both sessions of Amazing Grace: “How to Walk In High Heels” to give you more time to practice. It is helpful to take Amazing Grace: “How to Walk In High Heels” prior to Pretty in Pictures: “How to Pose for Photos”, but it’s not a requirement.
Class Fees:
For New Students
- $49 for one of the sessions
- $35 for second session if booked at the same time
- $30 for the third class session when booked at the same time
In other words, when you make your registration, you will pay:
- $49 for one session
- $84 for two sessions
- $114 for all three sessions.
Discounts are available for returning students.
Your Instructor: Miss Julia Bingham
Hosted by Veronica Vera, Miss Vera’s Academy
Class size is limited to 12 students.
Advance Registration Is Required.
Class fees are not refundable. If you miss your class or need to cancel, you will lose your fee. Preferred payment is with your credit card via PayPal. You don’'t need to have a PayPal account to use this service. You may also pay with a personal check payable to “Veronica Vera”. Please contact us for our mailing address.
All lessons are in a midtown rehearsal studio. These particular lessons are at 250 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Group changing rooms are available at the location. For additional info regarding changing rooms, please contact the us.
For more information, please email and include “high heel class” in your subject line.
See what Time Out NY wrote about us at http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/own-this-city/22770/pump-it-up
Save A Pretty Penny
Every girl loves a bargain. Do you have a girlfriend who would also like to take classes at Miss Vera’s Academy? Come together and each save on tuition for any course, four hours or longer.
Significant Others are always invited to particpate in class with you, in most cases, free of charge. We are delighted to have them. If your significant other is actually receiving services, such as make-over, there may be an additional fee.
Via Phone and Internet with Miss Vera
I realize that there are many of you out there who would like desperately to enroll at Miss Vera’s Academy but for various reasons cannot make it to our door. Now you can study via email and personal telephone call with the deans and I. To participate you will be required to have in your possession a copy of each of my books: Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls and Miss Vera’s Crossdress for Success. These will be your main textbooks. I’m very proud of them and they are vital to your evolution and progress as a gender explorer and future femme fatale. As a Home Study student, you, too, will be a vital member of Miss Vera’s Finishing School student body and receive my personal attention. To receive complete details via return email, please email and put “Home Study” in the subject line. Cherchez la femme!
Spouses and Significant Others
Are you the wife or significant other (s.o.) whose man loves to wear a dress? There is so much more understood about the transgender phenomenon and crossdressing than was known at the time I created my academy. I encourage you not to live in the dark ages. Whether you crossdress or are the partner of someone who does, I can help.
Many individuals who enroll have never shared this part of themselves with anyone. About 60% are married. When I ask if they share their crossdressing with their wives or partners, they will say, “No” or “My partner knows but she (or he) doesn’t want to know.” In other words, there is much fear and often anger. I believe that often a partner has not been given the chance to understand. Until now, I have said, it is my job to help our students to understand themselves, so that when they are ready to share this part of themselves, they can do so from a place of confidence and awareness. But often our gurls put that goal on the back burner, preferring to enjoy their dressing in secret, keeping us as their confidantes. I do honor everyone’s privacy. That is very important. But I also respect the trust that is essential to maintaining deep relationship or creating a new one. In recent years the number of significant others who accompany their crossdressing partners to the academy has increased. I love working with these couples. A student who attends the academy with the knowledge of his partner is bound to have a more enjoyable experience. Here are some of the topics covered in consultations with individuals or couples who would like help in sharing with a partner:
- Budgeting: time and money.
- Bisexuality
- Sex
- Children
- Role Play
- Communication
- Fantasy
Would you like your own beauty make-over? We can do that too.
In addition, in 2007 at the party of a friend, I met a terrific guy who I quickly learned was a crossdresser. I emphasize this man was not my student because, much like any other teacher or therapist, I don’t think it is a good practice to date my students. We hit it off and have been together as a couple for 4 years. Being with Stu aka Misty Madison has given me even more insight into the lives of couples. I hope you will avail yourselves of my services because I know I can help, perhaps better than anyone.
In my book, Miss Vera’s Cross-Dress for Success, A Resource Guide For Boys Who Want to Be Girls, you will find a chapter, “The School For Wives”, written just for you. That’s a good place to start.
Feel free to send me your questions in care of or join our mailing list. And thanks again for visiting.
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