Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.
Models
Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.
Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.
Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious.