re: #28 goddamnedfrank

They did, all the fucking time. (link goes to .pdf)

The vast, layered petticoats and hoop skirts so beloved of female Confederate nostalgists were a massive fire hazard. They were not only inflammable, they were very difficult to put on or remove in a hurry. One reason they were fashionable was that they required assistance to get into, implying that the wearer had slave girls at hand and was therefore wealthy. There are horrifying stories of them catching fire and roasting the unfortunate belle alive.