Well, there are a lot of 'larger' men that look good in a suit. But they probably go for a double breasted one and tailor it right.

But even when I wasn't at my best, most suits are very forgiving in that area, it just needs to be tailored to your build (and not off the rack where they expect your shoulders, chest, hip be a certain generic proportion).

I'm about as anti-suit as they come but this is patently false. A well tailored suit is about as forgiving as they come.

Adding "well-tailored" as a qualifying adjective is effectively begging the question. A well-tailored anything will make you look better than its off-the-shelf equivalent.

If we're just throwing free tailoring around, I'll also have my polo and khakis tailored, and then we can compare between them on the runway. It may well be that no style of clothing makes me look better than a suit, and that I still don't look good in one.

I've found that a suit disguises my doughy physique better than anything short of a winter coat.