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HTML

<nav class="nav-holder" id="nav">
    <select>
        <option selected="selected" value="">Go to...</option>
    </select>
</nav>

CSS

#nav {
    background: url("http://cdn.bavotasan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/down_arrow_select.jpg") no-repeat scroll right center #DDDDDD;
    border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
    height: 34px;
    overflow: hidden;
    max-width: 800px;
    border-radius: 12px;
    -moz-border-radius: 12px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 12px;
    border: 1px solid #1C2149;
    background: #a7cfdf;
    /* Old browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #a7cfdf 0%, #1a80b6 100%);
    /* FF3.6+ */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #a7cfdf), color-stop(100%, #1a80b6));
    /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #a7cfdf 0%, #1a80b6 100%);
    /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #a7cfdf 0%, #1a80b6 100%);
    /* Opera 11.10+ */
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #a7cfdf 0%, #1a80b6 100%);
    /* IE10+ */
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #a7cfdf 0%, #1a80b6 100%);
    /* W3C */
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#a7cfdf', endColorstr='#1a80b6', GradientType=0);
    /* IE6-9 */
}
#nav select {
    background: transparent;
    width: 830px!important;
    padding: 5px;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1;
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    height: 34px;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    color: white;
    font-family:"Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;
}