https://books.google.com/books?id=pxs2AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA569&dq=%... has a letter from a coroner talking about the number of women "destroyed by fire from crinoline" and how "[i]n Austria some distinguished ladies appear to be determined not to receive any lady who wore crinoline."

From the various Google Books matches, I get the sense that some people were against crinoline. Eg, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=CmWbmSzGNNsC&dq=%22w...

> "But," say the opponents of crinoline, "why carry a heavier burden than is absolutely necessary?" We reply that the tension of silks, ...

> Crinoline has been the most abused article under the sun, but ladies have been unanimous in its praise ..