Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Jill Granoff, certify
that:



1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Kenneth Cole Productions,
Inc.;



2.
Based on my knowledge, the 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 the 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 the 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)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant and have:

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| | (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;
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| | (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;       
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| | (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                                                                                            
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| | (d) | Disclosed in this report
 any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that
 occurred during the registrants fourth fiscal quarter that has materially
 affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants
 internal control over financial reporting; and                                                                      

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5.
The registrants other certifying officer 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):

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| | (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                                    
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| | (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.                     



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|                    | By: /s/ JILL GRANOFF   
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|                    | Jill Granoff           
|                    | Chief Executive Officer
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|Date: March 8, 2010 |                        

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