Cool styling for dropdown in asp.net?

Question

I wonder if we can provide the default dropdownlist with a classy and stylish look using css / styling. I do not want to use jquery / jscript as I am not familiar with them. Can this be done using css / html style?

I want it to look something like this : 

or

Answer 1

Of course you can.

I recommend checking out http://bavotasan.com/2011/style-select-box-using-only-css/

This is really just a combination of your standard commands: height, width, background, color, border. Everything is ready to make it more beautiful. I am not sure of its bias, as in example 2, but example 1 is simple.