Did Haruhi MEAN to Cross-dress?


In the first episode in Ouran High School Host Club, Haruhi is introduced with
very drab clothing and hair. She had explained in another episode of how, and
I quote: "A brat put gum in my hair and it was just being a bother, so I cut
it off." Thus, explaining why she has short hair. But this doesn't explain why
she dresses badly. I understand how she needs to cross-dress to pay back her
debt, but did she actually cross-dress to begin with?




With her clothes don't forget that Ouran High is a school for rich kids which
one can assume their uniforms cost a bit aswell, probably tailor made for each
individual from the finest material, something Haruhi just can't afford.

> Having gotten gum in her hair just before school begins, she cuts it short
> and **being unable to afford the expensive Ouran uniform, she wears
> shapeless, baggy clothing.** With her messily-styled hairdo, **large glasses
> (which once belonged to her grandfather)** and masculine clothing, she's
> thought to be male and Haruhi does nothing to discredit this idea.

Source [Haruhi Fujioka - Apperance (1st
Paragraph)](http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Haruhi_Fujioka#Appearance)

The glasses are because she does have bad eyesight and wears contacts
throughout the series (as we see when Renge is making a film and Takami sees
Haruhi shed a tear without needing eyedrops).

As for the reason why she "cross-dresses" before becoming a Host it's because
she doesn't see it as cross-dressing because to her gender doesn't matter.

> Two characteristics that define Haruhi is her straightforward nature and
> **belief that one's gender doesn't define one's choices**

Source [Haruhi Fujioka - Personality (First
Paragraph)](http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Haruhi_Fujioka#Personality)

This is also apparent when the Host Club go to the beach (a real one, not an
Otori rehab clinic) and Haruhi stands up against a couple of guys who are
harassing the girls. Haruhi doesn't see that her being a girl means anything
different so with that mind set there is no male/female clothing, just
clothing.

Of course one can also assume her transvestite father may have also left a bad
impression of how girls/women really are.




With her clothes don't forget that Ouran High is a school for rich kids which
one can assume their uniforms cost a bit aswell, probably tailor made for each
individual from the finest material, something Haruhi just can't afford.

> Having gotten gum in her hair just before school begins, she cuts it short
> and **being unable to afford the expensive Ouran uniform, she wears
> shapeless, baggy clothing.** With her messily-styled hairdo, **large glasses
> (which once belonged to her grandfather)** and masculine clothing, she's
> thought to be male and Haruhi does nothing to discredit this idea.

Source [Haruhi Fujioka - Apperance (1st
Paragraph)](http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Haruhi_Fujioka#Appearance)

The glasses are because she does have bad eyesight and wears contacts
throughout the series (as we see when Renge is making a film and Takami sees
Haruhi shed a tear without needing eyedrops).

As for the reason why she "cross-dresses" before becoming a Host it's because
she doesn't see it as cross-dressing because to her gender doesn't matter.

> Two characteristics that define Haruhi is her straightforward nature and
> **belief that one's gender doesn't define one's choices**

Source [Haruhi Fujioka - Personality (First
Paragraph)](http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Haruhi_Fujioka#Personality)

This is also apparent when the Host Club go to the beach (a real one, not an
Otori rehab clinic) and Haruhi stands up against a couple of guys who are
harassing the girls. Haruhi doesn't see that her being a girl means anything
different so with that mind set there is no male/female clothing, just
clothing.

Of course one can also assume her transvestite father may have also left a bad
impression of how girls/women really are.

