I'm not even sure I can say anything more than what Nicki herself already did about this.
Per MTV, she said, "It looks like it could be a piece on the middle of your table and you picked it up, put some clothing on it, and now you can wear it." And that is exactly what I thought: that she is the proprietress of a fake-antiquities stall at a bazaar, and her shtick is that she puts the "wear" in "wares." There are several problems with this plan. One, how does she sit down? And two...
... people may try to lift you off-stage, fence you to a haggler who doesn't have more than $5 and a roll of Scotch tape, or steal you by trying to shove you down their pants. Luckily for Nicki, Rihanna went with option A. Probably because she wasn't wearing pants.