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                                                                    Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Hal J. Upbin, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10Q 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 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)) 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)    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

     c)    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 control 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: December 4, 2003


/s/ Hal J. Upbin
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Hal J. Upbin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



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I, W. Lee Capps, III, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10Q 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 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)) 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)  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

     c)  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 control 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: December 4, 2003


/s/ W. Lee Capps, III
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W. Lee Capps, III
Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer