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Background

In early drafts of the story Holly was named Connie Gustafson; however, Capote later changed her name to Holiday Golightly. He based the character of Holly on several different women, including Gloria Vanderbilt, Oona Chaplin and Walter Matthau's wife, Carol Grace. Capote was also unsuccessfully sued for libel and invasion of privacy by a Manhattan resident named Bonnie Golightly who claimed that he had based Holly on her.^[2]