diff --git a/docs/_guide/styleable.md b/docs/_guide/styleable.md
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+---
+chapter: 8
+subtitle: Bringing CSS into ShadowDOM
+hidden: true
+---
+
+Components with ShadowDOM typically want to introduce some CSS into their ShadowRoots. This is done with the use of `adoptedStyleSheets`, which can be a little cumbersome, so Catalyst provides the `@style` decorator and `css` utility function to more easily add CSS to your component.
+
+If your CSS lives in a different file, you can import the file with using the `assert { type: 'css' }` import assertion. You might need to configure your bundler tool to allow for this. If you're unfamiliar with this feature, you can [check out the web.dev article on CSS Module Scripts](https://web.dev/css-module-scripts/):
+
+```typescript
+import {controller, style} from '@github/catalyst'
+import DesignSystemCSS from './my-design-system.css' assert { type: 'css' }
+
+@controller
+class UserRow extends HTMLElement {
+  @style designSystem = DesignSystemCSS
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
+    // adoptedStyleSheets now includes our DesignSystemCSS!
+    console.assert(this.shadowRoot.adoptedStyleSheets.includes(this.designSystem))
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Multiple `@style` tags are allowed, each one will be applied to the `adoptedStyleSheets` meaning you can split your CSS without worry!
+
+```typescript
+import {controller} from '@github/catalyst'
+import UtilityCSS from './my-design-system/utilities.css' assert { type: 'css' }
+import NormalizeCSS from './my-design-system/normalize.css' assert { type: 'css' }
+import UserRowCSS from './my-design-system/components/user-row.css' assert { type: 'css' }
+
+@controller
+class UserRow extends HTMLElement {
+  @style utilityCSS = UtilityCSS
+  @style normalizeCSS = NormalizeCSS
+  @style userRowCSS = UserRowCSS
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Defining CSS in JS
+
+Sometimes it can be useful to define small snippets of CSS within JavaScript itself, and so for this we have the `css` helper function which can create a `CSSStyleSheet` object on-the-fly:
+
+```typescript
+import {controller, style, css} from '@github/catalyst'
+
+@controller
+class UserRow extends HTMLElement {
+  @style componentCSS = css`:host { display: flex }`
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
+  }
+}
+```
+
+As always though, the best way to handle dynamic per-instance values is with CSS variables:
+
+```typescript
+import {controller, style, css} from '@github/catalyst'
+
+const sizeCSS = (size = 1) => css`:host { font-size: var(--font-size, ${size}em); }`
+
+@controller
+class UserRow extends HTMLElement {
+  @style componentCSS = sizeCSS
+
+  @attr set fontSize(n: number) {
+    this.style.setProperty('--font-size', n)
+  }
+}
+```
+```html
+<user-row font-size="1">Alex</user-row>
+<user-row font-size="3">Riley</user-row>
+```
+
+The `css` function is memoized; it will always return the same `CSSStyleSheet` object for every callsite. This allows you to "lift" it into a function that can change the CSS for all components by calling the function, which will replace the CSS inside it.
+
+```typescript
+import {controller, style, css} from '@github/catalyst'
+
+const sizeCSS = (size = 1) => css`:host { font-size: ${size}em; }`
+
+// Calling sizeCSS will always result in the same CSSStyleSheet object
+console.assert(sizeCSS(1) === sizeCSS(2))
+
+@controller
+class UserRow extends HTMLElement {
+  @style componentCSS = sizeCSS
+
+  #size = 1
+  makeAllUsersLargerFont() {
+    sizeCSS(this.#size++)
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/src/stylable.ts b/src/stylable.ts
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+import type {CustomElementClass, CustomElement} from './custom-element.js'
+import {controllable, attachShadowCallback} from './controllable.js'
+import {createMark} from './mark.js'
+import {createAbility} from './ability.js'
+
+type TemplateString = {raw: readonly string[] | ArrayLike<string>}
+
+const cssMem = new WeakMap<TemplateString, CSSStyleSheet>()
+export const css = (strings: TemplateString, ...values: unknown[]): CSSStyleSheet => {
+  if (!cssMem.has(strings)) cssMem.set(strings, new CSSStyleSheet())
+  const sheet = cssMem.get(strings)!
+  sheet.replaceSync(String.raw(strings, ...values))
+  return sheet
+}
+
+const [style, getStyle, initStyle] = createMark<CustomElement>(
+  ({name, kind}) => {
+    if (kind === 'setter') throw new Error(`@style cannot decorate setter ${String(name)}`)
+    if (kind === 'method') throw new Error(`@style cannot decorate method ${String(name)}`)
+  },
+  (instance: CustomElement, {name, kind, access}) => {
+    return {
+      get: () => (kind === 'getter' ? access.get!.call(instance) : access.value),
+      set: () => {
+        throw new Error(`Cannot set @style ${String(name)}`)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+)
+
+export {style, getStyle}
+export const stylable = createAbility(
+  <T extends CustomElementClass>(Class: T): T =>
+    class extends controllable(Class) {
+      [key: PropertyKey]: unknown
+
+      // TS mandates Constructors that get mixins have `...args: any[]`
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      constructor(...args: any[]) {
+        super(...args)
+        initStyle(this)
+      }
+
+      [attachShadowCallback](root: ShadowRoot) {
+        super[attachShadowCallback]?.(root)
+        const styleProps = getStyle(this)
+        if (!styleProps.size) return
+        const styles = new Set([...root.adoptedStyleSheets])
+        for (const name of styleProps) styles.add(this[name] as CSSStyleSheet)
+        root.adoptedStyleSheets = [...styles]
+      }
+    }
+)
diff --git a/test/styleable.ts b/test/styleable.ts
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+import {expect, fixture, html} from '@open-wc/testing'
+import {style, css, stylable} from '../src/stylable.js'
+
+describe('Styleable', () => {
+  const globalCSS = ({color}: {color: string}) =>
+    css`
+      :host {
+        color: ${color};
+      }
+    `
+
+  @stylable
+  class StylableTest extends HTMLElement {
+    @style foo = css`
+      body {
+        display: block;
+      }
+    `
+    @style bar = globalCSS({color: 'rgb(255, 105, 180)'})
+
+    constructor() {
+      super()
+      this.attachShadow({mode: 'open'}).innerHTML = '<p>Hello</p>'
+    }
+  }
+  window.customElements.define('stylable-test', StylableTest)
+
+  it('adoptes styles into shadowRoot', async () => {
+    const instance = await fixture<StylableTest>(html`<stylable-test></stylable-test>`)
+    expect(instance.foo).to.be.instanceof(CSSStyleSheet)
+    expect(instance.bar).to.be.instanceof(CSSStyleSheet)
+    expect(instance.shadowRoot!.adoptedStyleSheets).to.eql([instance.foo, instance.bar])
+  })
+
+  it('updates stylesheets that get recomputed', async () => {
+    const instance = await fixture<StylableTest>(html`<stylable-test></stylable-test>`)
+    expect(getComputedStyle(instance.shadowRoot!.children[0]!).color).to.equal('rgb(255, 105, 180)')
+    globalCSS({color: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)'})
+    expect(getComputedStyle(instance.shadowRoot!.children[0]!).color).to.equal('rgb(0, 0, 0)')
+  })
+
+  it('throws an error when trying to set stylesheet', async () => {
+    const instance = await fixture<StylableTest>(html`<stylable-test></stylable-test>`)
+    expect(() => (instance.foo = css``)).to.throw(/Cannot set @style/)
+  })
+
+  describe('css', () => {
+    it('returns the same CSSStyleSheet for subsequent calls from same template string', () => {
+      expect(css``).to.not.equal(css``)
+      const mySheet = () => css``
+      expect(mySheet()).to.equal(mySheet())
+    })
+  })
+})