Palazzo opening

A mannequin display is not short on whimsy.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Creative furnishings decorate Barneys’ personal-shopper lounge.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Accessories fill the first floor of the three-story outpost and include lines such as Mallary Marks and Renee Lewis.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

The whimsy continues with colorful mannequins holding up a handbag.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Handbags line the walls of the Anya Hindmarch store, which is open for business at the Shoppes in the Palazzo. Shops, which include Vegas firsts such as Tory Burch, Diane Von Furstenberg, Chloe, Jimmy Choo and Lambertson Truex, will open over the next few months.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

The Piaget store at the Palazzo is a timely addition.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A pair of dice specially made for the Piaget store sells for $280,000.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Bottega Veneta at the Palazzo.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Cole Haan at the Palazzo.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Barneys teems with people on opening night. The party was the centerpiece of a week of events celebrating the opening of the Palazzo.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

The fountain inside the main lobby of the Palazzo shimmers like an ice sculpture.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Christina Ricci made an appearance at the Barneys opening.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Rebecca Romijn hit the red carpet for the Barneys opening.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Clare Danes, left, and Mandy Moore came out too.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Artists Andrew Andrew at the opening night event at the Palazzo.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)