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CERTIFICATION                                                     EXHIBIT 31.1

I, Robert C. Skinner, Jr., certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
    May 5, 2007, of Kellwood Company;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
    of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
    statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
    were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
    report;

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
    information included in this report, fairly present in all material
    respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
    the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
    establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
    defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
    control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
    13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

        a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
            disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
            supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
            registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
            to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
            period in which this report is being prepared;

        b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
            such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
            under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
            the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
            financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
            generally accepted accounting principles;

        c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
            controls and procedures and presented in this report our
            conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
            procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
            based on such evaluation; and

        d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
            control over financial reporting that occurred during the
            registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
            fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
            materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
            the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
    on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
    reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
    registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
    functions):

        a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
            or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which
            are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
            to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
            and

        b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
            other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
            internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  June 8, 2007


/s/ Robert C. Skinner, Jr.
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Robert C. Skinner, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer