Elite

High culture is a term, now used in a number of different ways in academic discourse, whose most common meaning is the set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, held in the highest esteem by a culture. In more popular terms, it is the culture of an elite such as the aristocracy or intelligentsia, but also defined as a repository of a broad cultural knowledge, as a way of transcending the class system. It is contrasted with the low culture or popular culture of, variously, the less well-educated, barbarians, Philistines, or the masses.^[1]


Elite Culture to me is basically people that think they're better than other people.  Elite can have a very negative connotation and most people in Elite Culture or High Society think that they are somehow better than everyone else just because they are rich, educated, or good looking. 
 Royalty is one of the best examples of elite culture.

 Sometimes it could even be athletic ability that places people into elite culture.  But these guys also go to Harvard.