diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b1ed18559..51db4b32e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2069,7 +2069,10 @@ name = "hello_world_simple"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eframe",
+ "egui",
  "env_logger",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/style_trait.rs b/crates/egui/src/style_trait.rs
index a42d1ff17..46cbd0c63 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/style_trait.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/style_trait.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,12 @@ pub struct WidgetStyle {
 /// Cons:
 /// - Style changes across all widgets would require more code changes.
 ///   - Maybe there could be a shared base WidgetStyle though that defines things like strokes and base colors?
+///   - Or these things could keep coming from the `Style` struct
 /// - More boilerplate code for each widget.
+/// - Might make it harder to create a css-like file format since it would need support all the custom types
+///   - Maybe could be possible with serde or a extra trait that allows for some kind of reflection?
+///
+/// ```
 ///
 pub struct CheckboxStyle {
     pub text: TextFormat,
@@ -180,7 +185,15 @@ pub struct CheckboxStyle {
     custom_checkmark_painter: Option<Box<dyn Fn(&Painter, Rect)>>,
 }
 
-pub struct ButtonStyle {}
+pub struct ButtonStyle {
+    /// Background color, stroke, margin, and shadow.
+    pub frame: Frame,
+
+    /// What font to use and at what size.
+    pub text: TextFormat,
+
+    pub transform: TSTransform,
+}
 
 impl From<WidgetStyle> for WidgetVisuals {
     fn from(value: WidgetStyle) -> Self {
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_simple/Cargo.toml b/examples/hello_world_simple/Cargo.toml
index d5ce91625..5b1146883 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world_simple/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/hello_world_simple/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 eframe = { workspace = true, features = [
     "default",
+    "serde",
     "__screenshot", # __screenshot is so we can dump a screenshot using EFRAME_SCREENSHOT_TO
 ] }
 env_logger = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = [
     "auto-color",
     "humantime",
 ] }
+egui = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+
+serde_json = "1"
+serde = "1"
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_simple/src/ess_style_engine.rs b/examples/hello_world_simple/src/ess_style_engine.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e2df7285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello_world_simple/src/ess_style_engine.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+use eframe::egui;
+use eframe::egui::Frame;
+use eframe::egui::style_trait::{ButtonStyle, StyleEngine, WidgetContext, WidgetStyle};
+use std::any::TypeId;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+pub trait Stylable {
+    fn name() -> &'static str;
+    fn set_property(&mut self, key: &[&str], value: &str) -> Result<(), StyleError>;
+}
+
+type StyleError = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
+
+impl Stylable for Frame {
+    fn name() -> &'static str {
+        "Frame"
+    }
+
+    fn set_property(&mut self, key: &[&str], value: &str) -> Result<(), StyleError> {
+        let key = *key.first().ok_or_else(|| "Missing key")?;
+        match key {
+            "fill" => {
+                // Maybe these could also use FromStr?
+                self.fill = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+            }
+            "stroke" => {
+                self.stroke = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+            }
+            "corner_radius" => {
+                self.corner_radius = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+            }
+            "inner_margin" => {
+                self.inner_margin = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+            }
+            "outer_margin" => {
+                self.outer_margin = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+            }
+            _ => {
+                return Err(Box::from(format!("Unknown property: {}", key)));
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Stylable for ButtonStyle {
+    fn name() -> &'static str {
+        "Button"
+    }
+
+    fn set_property(&mut self, key: &[&str], value: &str) -> Result<(), StyleError> {
+        match key {
+            ["frame_fill"] => {
+                self.frame.fill = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+            }
+            ["frame", param] => {
+                self.frame.set_property(&[param], value)?;
+            }
+            // Etc...
+            _ => {
+                Err(format!("Unknown property: {:?}", key))?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Stylable for WidgetStyle {
+    fn name() -> &'static str {
+        "WidgetStyle"
+    }
+
+    fn set_property(&mut self, key: &[&str], value: &str) -> Result<(), StyleError> {
+        match key {
+            ["frame_fill"] => {
+                self.frame.fill = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+            }
+            ["color"] => {
+                self.stroke.color = serde_json::from_str(value)?;
+                self.text.color = serde_json::from_str(value)?; // 😬
+            }
+            ["frame", param] => {
+                self.frame.set_property(&[param], value)?;
+            }
+            // Etc...
+            _ => {
+                Err(format!("Unknown property: {:?}", key))?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct EssStyleEngine<E, T> {
+    style: Arc<EssFile>,
+    wrapped_engine: E,
+    _stylable: std::marker::PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+impl<E: StyleEngine<T>, T: Stylable> EssStyleEngine<E, T> {
+    pub fn new(engine: E, style: Arc<EssFile>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            style,
+            wrapped_engine: engine,
+            _stylable: std::marker::PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<E: StyleEngine<T>, T: Stylable + Sync + Send> StyleEngine<T> for EssStyleEngine<E, T> {
+    fn get(&self, ctx: &WidgetContext) -> T {
+        let name = T::name();
+
+        // Ideally there would be some caching here since the set_property calls can be expensive
+        // (since they do serde deserialization)
+
+        let mut style = self.wrapped_engine.get(ctx);
+
+        dbg!(name);
+
+        if let Some(rules) = self.style.style.get(name) {
+            let rules = self.style.style.get(name).unwrap();
+
+            // This is very primitive, you probably want something like css specificity
+            for rule in rules {
+                if rule.check(&ctx) {
+                    for (keys, value) in &rule.properties {
+                        dbg!(keys.as_slice(), value);
+                        style
+                            .set_property(keys.as_slice(), value)
+                            .expect("Failed to set property"); // TODO: Error handling
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        style
+    }
+}
+
+enum State {
+    Active,
+    Hovered,
+    Focused,
+    Disabled,
+}
+
+enum Modifier {
+    Class(String),
+    State(State),
+}
+
+struct EssRule {
+    modifiers: Vec<Modifier>,
+    properties: Vec<(Vec<&'static str>, String)>,
+}
+
+impl EssRule {
+    fn check(&self, ctx: &WidgetContext) -> bool {
+        // Check if the rule matches the context
+        for modifier in &self.modifiers {
+            match modifier {
+                Modifier::Class(class) => {
+                    if !ctx.classes.has(class) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                Modifier::State(state) => match state {
+                    State::Active => {
+                        if !ctx.response.is_pointer_button_down_on() {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    State::Hovered => {
+                        if !ctx.response.hovered() {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    State::Focused => {
+                        if !ctx.response.has_focus() {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    State::Disabled => {
+                        if ctx.response.enabled() {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct EssFile {
+    // Rules for different widget types
+    style: HashMap<String, Vec<EssRule>>,
+}
+
+impl EssFile {
+    pub fn parse(file: &str) {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    pub fn example() -> Self {
+        let mut style = HashMap::new();
+
+        // Example rule for Button
+        style.insert(
+            "WidgetStyle".to_string(),
+            vec![
+                EssRule {
+                    modifiers: vec![Modifier::Class("blue".to_string())],
+                    properties: vec![
+                        (vec!["frame_fill"], "[0, 0, 200, 255]".to_string()),
+                        (vec!["color"], "[255, 255, 255, 255]".to_string()),
+                    ],
+                },
+                EssRule {
+                    modifiers: vec![
+                        Modifier::State(State::Hovered),
+                        Modifier::Class("blue".to_string()),
+                    ],
+                    // Serde implementation of color32 could be improved...
+                    properties: vec![
+                        (vec!["frame_fill"], "[0, 0, 255, 255]".to_string()),
+                    ],
+                },
+            ],
+        );
+
+        Self { style }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_simple/src/example_style.ess b/examples/hello_world_simple/src/example_style.ess
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b74e242d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello_world_simple/src/example_style.ess
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Should style definitions always be scoped to a widget (or rather a stylable type) for type safety?
+Button .blue {
+  :hovered {
+    background_color: "#0000ff",
+    // This should error?
+    font_soze: 20,
+  }
+
+  color: "#ffffff",
+  background_color: "#0000aa",
+}
+
+.list_item {
+  Button {
+    font_size: 10,
+  }
+  // Maybe Image could also be stylable so we could set icon sizes based on context?
+  Image {
+    width: 12,
+    height: 12,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_simple/src/main.rs b/examples/hello_world_simple/src/main.rs
index bb55bab28..15ac72052 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world_simple/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/hello_world_simple/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")] // hide console window on Windows in release
 #![allow(rustdoc::missing_crate_level_docs)] // it's an example
 
+mod ess_style_engine;
+
 use eframe::egui;
 use eframe::egui::style::WidgetVisuals;
 use eframe::egui::style_trait::{
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ use eframe::egui::{
 };
 use eframe::emath::TSTransform;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use crate::ess_style_engine::{EssFile, EssStyleEngine};
 
 fn main() -> eframe::Result {
     env_logger::init(); // Log to stderr (if you run with `RUST_LOG=debug`).
@@ -24,10 +28,18 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
     let mut name = "Arthur".to_owned();
     let mut age = 42;
 
+    let styles = Arc::new(EssFile::example());
+
+    let mut custom_engine = Some(MyCustomWidgetStyle {
+        default: DefaultWidgetStyle,
+    });
+
     eframe::run_simple_native("My egui App", options, move |ctx, _frame| {
-        ctx.set_style_engine(MyCustomWidgetStyle {
-            default: DefaultWidgetStyle,
-        });
+        if let Some(custom_engine) = custom_engine.take() {
+            // ctx.set_style_engine(custom_engine);
+
+            ctx.set_style_engine(EssStyleEngine::new(custom_engine, styles.clone()));
+        }
 
         egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |ui| {
             ui.heading("My egui Application");
@@ -53,6 +65,8 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
                 ui.add(Button::new("Large Secondary").secondary().lg());
                 ui.add(Button::new("Small Normal").sm());
             });
+
+            ui.add(Button::new("Customized via ESS").with_class("blue"));
         });
     })
 }