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HTML

<div class="select-wrapper">
    <select>
        <option selected="selected" value="1">Option 1</option>
        <option value="2">Option 2</option>
        <option value="3">Option 3</option>
        <option value="4">Option 4</option>
        <option value="5">Option 5</option>
    </select>
</div>

CSS

.select-wrapper {
   background: 12px 11px no-repeat, -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f7f7f8 0%, #ffffff 100%);
    background: 12px 11px no-repeat, -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f7f7f8 0%, #ffffff 100%);
    background: 12px 11px no-repeat, -o-linear-gradient(top, #f7f7f8 0%, #ffffff 100%);
    background: 12px 11px no-repeat, -ms-linear-gradient(top, #f7f7f8 0%, #ffffff 100%);
    margin: 5px 10px 5px 10px;
    background: 12px 11px no-repeat, linear-gradient(to bottom, #f7f7f8 0%, #ffffff 100%);
    border-radius: 3px;
    border: none;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) inset, 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) inset;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    -moz-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    -ms-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    -o-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    transition: all 0.2s linear;
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
    color: #222222;
    position: relative;
    height: 36px;
    width: 300px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}


select {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  opacity : 0;
  width: 240px;
  height: 30px;
  padding: 5px 0;
  border: none;
  background: transparent !important;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

.select-wrapper span {
  display: block;
  width: 210px;
  height: 30px;
  line-height: 30px;
  padding: 0 0 0 5px;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('select').after('<span>' + $('option:selected', this).text() + '</span>');

  $('select').click(function(event) {
    $(this).siblings('span').remove();
    $(this).after('<span>' + $('option:selected', this).text() + '</span>');
  });
})