According to the Fashion History Timeline, each decade in American fashion reflected social, political and technological advances of the time.

and were accompanied by multiple petticoats to give the skirt more fullness. In 1856, the cage crinoline — an undergarment of concentric steel hoops — was introduced to provide relief from ...

Chiuri employed a liberal use of crinolines – a stiffened petticoat or cage construction popularised in the 1800s – to create full skirts, and accentuate the waist, in mini and midi dresses.