Get to Know Us!

Meet The Founder:

Hey Yall! It's your girl Chelsea Cason a.k.a Ciana Machele. I am the CEO & Founder of Ciana Machele. I'm 5'11, wear a size 11 shoe, and throughout my entire life I have struggled with finding stylish clothes and shoes that fit my body perfectly while making me feel confident and beautiful.

Shoes were an extreme pain point of mine. Constantly, I'd go into a well-known store, browse the shoe section, find a shoe that I thought was super cute just to find that it sold out in my size. What was even more heart wrenching was that I would go through that entire process of finding a shoe that I loved just to be told by the store clerk, “We only carry up to a size 10" or "Sorry, but we don't carry that size".... literally making my heart sink into my left pinky toe! 

Online shopping gave me just as much disappointment and while online window shopping one day in 2018, during a time where I had just finished college and was in a major crossroads because I still had no idea what my purpose was or what I wanted to do with my life, I realized that I wanted to change this narrative. I wanted to eliminate the disappointment that women who wear extended sizes, like me, experience when shopping for shoes. In that moment, the Ciana Machele brand was created. 

Our Mission:

Ciana Machele is a fashion forward footwear brand dedicated to making women who wear extended shoe sizes feel daring, fierce, and confident as they strut through life leaving big shoes to fill!

We offer sizes ranging from 9 to 14 that we ensure will meet their fashionable and sizing needs. Ciana Machele consists of an array of heels, boots, sandals, and flats that will conveniently provide women with shoes that are a perfect fit with a stylish flare.

We thank you for shopping with us, for being a key component in helping us created space and defy limitations for women who wear extended shoe sizes, and for putting the footwear industry up on game that inclusivity has a place in women’s footwear.