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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
     July 29, 2006, 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:  September 6, 2006

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