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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Registration No. 333-___ </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2005</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>FORM S-8</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>UNDER</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>KELLWOOD COMPANY</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font SIZE=2>DELAWARE</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>36-2472410</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer</font></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>incorporation or organization)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Identification No.)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>600 Kellwood Parkway</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>P.O. Box 14374</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>St. Louis, Missouri 63178</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>KELLWOOD COMPANY 1995 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Thomas H. Pollihan</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Copy to:</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Robert A. Schreck, Jr. P.C.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>600 Kellwood Parkway</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>McDermott Will &amp; Emery LLP</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>P.O. Box 14374</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>227 West Monroe Street</font></p> </td> </tr>
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style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>St. Louis, Missouri 63178</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Chicago, Illinois 60606</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Name and address of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(314) 576-3100</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Title of Securities to be Registered</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Amount to be registered(1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Amount of registration fee</font></p> </td> </tr>
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style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, including Preferred Stock Purchase Rights(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>1,700,000 Shares</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$24.13</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$41,021,000</font></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>$4,829</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of shares which may be issued if the anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the plan become operative. </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Pursuant to Rule 457(h), estimated solely for the
purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon $24.13 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 31, 2005. </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will not be traded separately from the Common Stock.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>PART I</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>Plan Information</font></u><font size=2>.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not required to be filed in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</font></u><font size=2>.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>PART II</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></u><font size=2>.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by Kellwood Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) (File No. 033-64847) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following documents are also incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2> (a)  The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005 filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2> (b)  The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 30, 2005 filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2> (c)  The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005, March 15, 2005, June 3, 2005 (relating to stockholder approval of two option plans and the election of certain new officers), July 27, 2005 (excluding any information furnished and not filed with the Commission) and September 6, 2005; and</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2> (d)  The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock is contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and is incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;); provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on the 6th day of September, 2005.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.5in;text-align:left;'><font SIZE=2>KELLWOOD COMPANY</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>By:</font><u><font size=2>    /s/ Thomas H. Pollihan</font></u><font size=1></font><u><font size=2>                                </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Thomas H. Pollihan</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, Hal J. Upbin, W. Lee Capps, III and Thomas H. Pollihan, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.58in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 6, 2005.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Title</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:4.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Hal J. Upbin                                                                                                                       </font></u><br> <font size=2>Hal J. Upbin</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Robert C. Skinner, Jr.                                                                                         </font></u><br> <font size=2>Robert C. Skinner, Jr.</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ W. Lee Capps, III                                                                                              </font></u><br> <font size=2>W. Lee Capps, III</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Gregory W. Kleffner                                                                                           </font></u><br> <font size=2>Gregory W. Kleffner</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Vice President Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Robert J. Baer                                                                                           </font></u><br>
<font size=2>Robert J. Baer</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Martin Bloom                                                                                           </font></u><br> <font size=2>Martin Bloom</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Kitty G. Dickerson                                                                                           </font></u><br> <font size=2>Kitty G. Dickerson</font></p>
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size=2>/s/ Jerry M. Hunter                                                                                           </font></u><br> <font size=2>Jerry M. Hunter</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Larry R. Katzen                                                                                           </font></u><br> <font size=2>Larry R. Katzen</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Janice E. Page                                                                                           </font></u><br> <font size=2>Janice E. Page</font></p>
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style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><u><font size=2><BR>/s/ Harvey A. Weinberg                                                                                           </font></u><br> <font size=2>Harvey A. Weinberg</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'><font size=2><BR>Director</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Opinion (including consent) of McDermott Will &amp; Emery LLP as to the legality of the securities to be issued.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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Registration No. 333-___
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2005
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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KELLWOOD COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
36-2472410
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
600 Kellwood Parkway
P.O. Box 14374
St. Louis, Missouri 63178
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
KELLWOOD COMPANY 1995 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas H. Pollihan
Copy to:
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Robert A. Schreck, Jr. P.C.
600 Kellwood Parkway
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
P.O. Box 14374
227 West Monroe Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63178
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)
(314) 576-3100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be registered(1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share(2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, including Preferred Stock Purchase Rights(3)
1,700,000 Shares
$24.13
$41,021,000
$4,829
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of shares which may be issued if the anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the plan become operative.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h), estimated solely for the
purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon $24.13 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 31, 2005.
(3)
Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will not be traded separately from the Common Stock.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.
Not required to be filed in this Registration Statement.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
Not required to be filed in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by Kellwood Company (the "Registrant") (File No. 033-64847) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") is incorporated herein by reference.
The following documents are also incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005 filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 30, 2005 filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act;
(c)  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005, March 15, 2005, June 3, 2005 (relating to stockholder approval of two option plans and the election of certain new officers), July 27, 2005 (excluding any information furnished and not filed with the Commission) and September 6, 2005; and
(d)  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and is incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on the 6th day of September, 2005.
KELLWOOD COMPANY
By:
/s/ Thomas H. Pollihan
Thomas H. Pollihan
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, Hal J. Upbin, W. Lee Capps, III and Thomas H. Pollihan, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 6, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/ Hal J. Upbin
Hal J. Upbin
Director and Chairman of the Board
/s/ Robert C. Skinner, Jr.
Robert C. Skinner, Jr.
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ W. Lee Capps, III
W. Lee Capps, III
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Gregory W. Kleffner
Gregory W. Kleffner
Vice President Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert J. Baer
Robert J. Baer
Director
/s/ Martin Bloom
Martin Bloom
Director
/s/ Kitty G. Dickerson
Kitty G. Dickerson
Director
/s/ Jerry M. Hunter
Jerry M. Hunter
Director
/s/ Larry R. Katzen
Larry R. Katzen
Director
/s/ Janice E. Page
Janice E. Page
Director
/s/ Harvey A. Weinberg
Harvey A. Weinberg
Director
KELLWOOD COMPANY
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion (including consent) of McDermott Will & Emery LLP as to the legality of the securities to be issued.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.