JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
    <div class="navbar-header">
      <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-expanded="false">
        <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      </button>
      <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
    </div>

    <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
      <ul class="nav navbar-nav skew">
        <li class="active"><a href="#" class="noskew">Link <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#" class="noskew">Link</a></li>
        <li class="dropdown">
          <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded=" class="skew"false">Dropdown <span class="caret"></span></a>
          <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            <li><a href="#" class="noskew">Action</a></li>
            <li><a href="#" class="noskew">Another action</a></li>
            <li><a href="#" class="noskew">Something else here</a></li>
            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#" class="noskew">Separated link</a></li>
            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#" class="noskew">One more separated link</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <form class="navbar-form navbar-left" role="search">
        <div class="form-group">
          <input type="text" class="form-control"...

CSS

.skew li {
  display:inline-block;
  transition: background 0.2s;
  transform: skew(-20deg);
  -moz-transform: skew(-20deg);
  -ms-transform: skew(-20deg);
  -webkit-transform: skew(-20deg);
  -o-transform: skew(-20deg);
}
.noskew {
     display:inline-block;
  transition: background 0.2s;
  transform: skew(20deg);
  -moz-transform: skew(20deg);
  -ms-transform: skew(20deg);
  -webkit-transform: skew(20deg);
  -o-transform: skew(20deg);
}