Should leather shoes peel?

[leander]

Sounds like a daft question but Ds came home from school today and all the front of his shoe has peeled.I thought leather would just scuff not actually peel off.So before I make a fool of myself and take them back I thought I would check with the wise ones on whether this would normally happen.

Never seen this before in all my years of shoes! Where were they from? How did he treat them? If you (eg) trip up a step or over something with an edge it can kind of gouge the top layer of leather and scrape it into a lump, if you catch my drift.
But haven't seen shoes peel of their own accord!

They are from M+s, he has scraped them but I still would have thought they would scuff rather than peel what do you reckon should I take them back?

IME scuffs come from dragging toes, falling over on a flat surface etc, but falling up a step / over the edge of sandpit or similar can cause a gouge.
Worth a try in M&S but I reckon they'd say it was normal wear and tear.

he says he has dragged his feet,deffo hasn't fell up a step or anything.probably just trying my luck but they are only 2 weeks old and dont really want to have to fork out another£16 i'm just glad i didnt fork out on Clarks.