Posture-improving garment

A garment disposed about a centerline and having a front, a back, a left side and a right side, said garment comprising:

• a generally horizontally-extending channel formed in the garment to extend generally horizontally about the body of a user wearing the garment;
• a pair of generally vertically-extending channels, each extending over a respective shoulder of the garment-wearing user towards or into the generally horizontally-extending channel in the front of the garment, and each being in communication with the generally horizontally-extending channel in the rear of the garment;
• and
• cords disposed in the channels in such a way that, when pulled and secured, cause the generally horizontally-extending channel to be secured about the user's body and the generally vertically-extending channels to exert a lightly sensed pressure against the user's shoulders that increases when the user slouches as a reminder to be more erect,
• the cords including
• a first cord disposed within the generally horizontally-extending channel to substantially circumscribe the user's body,
• second and third cords that extend through respective ones of the vertically-extending channels, passing over respective shoulders of the garment from the front of the garment, and extending down the back of the garment to a position at which they are accessible to a person wearing the garment, the second and third cords being anchored in the front of the garment by the horizontal cord in such a way that when the vertical cords are sufficiently pulled at the rear of the garment and secured in place, they lightly engage the front of the user's shoulders each time the user slouches to serve as a reminder to be more erect,
• said second and third cords extending from the user's shoulders down the back of the garment into the generally horizontally-extending channel at the rear of the garment, at least one end of each cord being accessible to the user for pulling and securing via at least one opening in the garment;
• and
• a pair of loops within the generally horizontally-extending channel at the rear of the garment configured to transition the second and third cords to a generally horizontal orientation within the generally horizontally-extending channel to minimize lateral movement of the garment about the user when the second and third cords are pulled.