Ha! Well it really does seem to have been quite a ' thing '? There were women's groups in Europe, forbidding them. I'm not
being argumentative, honest, but from reading what the perceived problems were, those concerned had some points. Seems to have been hoops and crinoline, the topics.
Gettysburg, 1864
Quite simple, ascertaining how controversial crinolines were. LoC newspapers, dates between 1860 to 1865 , use ' crinoline ' as the search word. You get ads, a few stories on advantages then articles either brief and tragic or long, where someone has popped on the subject, like this fellow, original story.
You can sure see where one of the main problems would have been, women could not know where their garments were, always. Seems to be the case in most accidents.
Part of a much longer article, 1863, New Orleans, using for the equally extreme names fashion conferred on styles. Awesome,
Before, 1830's- and using far too much starch- where the fashion outline began a journey up in smoke. Tiny waist of great emphasis, fitted bodice, exaggerated hips.