Shopping in Vegas with Elaine Wynn

Wynn admires a “Wild” bag at the new Ensemble store at Encore Las Vegas. Not that she’d ever carry it. Her style is more conservative.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Elaine Wynn checks out a shoe in the window of the new In Step boutique at the shops at Encore Las Vegas. The store is a gallery of over-the-top styles.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta calls Wynn “one of the pillars of well-dressed women in Las Vegas. Elaine always looks unbelievably put together in an effortless way.”  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

The Encore is being billed as the Wynn Las Vegas hotel’s “sexy little sister.” The resort, which opened Monday, includes several boutiques — Hermès; the new Chanel Ultra-Luxe boutique (the first in the U.S.); and the edgy multibrand Ensemble with new styles by Ossie Clark, Thomas Wylde and Philipp Plein and vintage finds such as this 1966 Paco Rabanne Lucite and metal chain-link dress ($10,780).  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

It’s Elaine Wynn’s taste level as much as her husband’s that informs the experience at their hotels. She oversees such details as staff uniforms (desk attendants wear “Chanel-like jackets” and dealers look “Varvatos-like,” she offers), spa amenities and shopping. Here, she wears an Oscar de la Renta suit.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)