The Pelérina was Puma's first football boot made specifically for women. Puma's timeline says it began the company's Women's Fit line in 1971, and Puma's CATch up magazine calls Puma one of the first in the industry to make products for female footballers.
It matters as a starting point rather than as a long-lived model. Puma's own posts say it was available for just one year. For decades afterwards most women played in smaller versions of men's boots. Puma's product team notes that many still sized down or laced tightly to make them work, and a 2023 European Club Association survey found 82 per cent of female players in top European leagues regularly felt discomfort in their boots.
Puma picked up the idea again much later. Its first Women's Fit Ultra followed in 2021, then the Brilliance Pack in women's fit in 2023 and Women's Fit 2.0 on the Future boot in 2025, with less volume through the forefoot and midfoot, more heel support and a higher collar.
Little else about the original's construction is documented in the sources consulted.