Hi Samotis, where did you hear or read this phrase? From my understanding, I think it means: 'Style points aside..' means: 'well, if you look past how nice it looks...' Example: 'Style points aside...the new TVR Griffith doesn't have a lot of performance compared to the Aston Martin DB11.' (ok this is a silly example..both are great cars) This means that despite how great the Griffith looks, it is not that special in terms of how 'powerful' the car really is. It's just a common way of commenting or criticizing a particular design, that focuses only on looks (but nothing else). Hope that helps!